House Bills 2138 and 1659 – bills that would impose harmful work requirements on people who rely on Medicaid and food assistance – passed out of the Rules Committees in the PA Senate yesterday. It will move quickly to a vote by the full PA Senate.
Please call or email your State Senator today at http://action.projecthome.org/p/dia/action4/common/public/?action_KEY=1070 and ask him/her to vote “NO” on HB 2138 and HB 1659.
Here’s a suggested script for calls (find contact information for your Senator at http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/home/findyourlegislator/index.cfm#address):
I’m calling today to ask Senator _____________ to oppose adding work requirements to Medicaid and expanding work requirements for SNAP (food stamps). Cutting people from healthcare or food assistance won’t make it easier for them to find work.
If you want to connect people with training programs and jobs, fund training programs and jobs programs so that they are available – you don’t need to threaten people’s access to healthcare or food.
Work requirements create barriers to all recipients of these programs – including workers and people with disabilities – and jeopardize their benefits if there are any paperwork errors. The only taxpayer “savings” that comes from these bills is from undermining basic living standards and increasing human suffering.
Please vote no on House Bill 2138 and HB 1659.
Please send an email to your PA State Senator as well.
Thanks for standing with us to oppose attacks on Medicaid and food access!
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