CNN - Picking on Society's Most Vulnerable

Please take a moment to read this.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/18/opinions/perry-disability-cuts/index.html 

[IPADDUnite] CALLS NEEDED ASAP PLEASE

FYI and please follow your conscience in acting or not.   Calls need to to happen today or as soon as possible if this matters to you.  

Reliable sources are telling us that House leadership in Springfield has put across-the-board Medicaid cuts of 2.5% on the bargaining table as a way to fill the budget hole between now and July 1, 2015.  That means Home Based Services, CILAs, and ANY service or program funded through Medicaid would likely not receive payments for the rest of this fiscal year as Springfield would make the reduction retroactive to July 2014.  What happens after July 1st is unknown.  This move is only to fill the budget gap between now and July 1. 

We need to tell our legislators TAKE 2.5% MEDICAID CUTS OFF THE BARGAINING TABLE NOW.  FIND ANOTHER WAY TO PLUG THE BUDGET HOLE.

Link to Lookup Your State Legislator is http://www.elections.il.gov/DistrictLocator/DistrictOfficialSearchByAddress.aspx

FYI,

Laurie and Ellen