ACTION ALERT
As 5 way budget negotiations continue today, NYS legislators are looking to move around
existing state dollars to help pay for spending or budget restorations.
The Senate is proposing to find money by cutting 5% or $416 million in New York’s Medicaid optional services!
Medicaid optional services include
Prescription Drugs
Community Based Medical And Behavioral Health Clinics
Case Management Services
Dental Care
Transportation
Hospice
Personal Care
OT, PT, Speech Therapies
Eye Care, Medical Equipment, Hearing Services
Self-directed Personal Assistance
Community First Choice services
WE NEED LOTS OF CALLS TODAY!
Call Senate leaders Skelos at 518-455-3171 and Klein at 518-455-3595
and Assembly Speaker Silver at 518-455-4911
leave the following message:
“I’m a registered voter calling from (your locality) urging you to
to reject proposed cuts to essential optional Medicaid services
that will jeopardize the health of millions of vulnerable New Yorkers”!
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