In Congress, the “super committee”—a bi-partisan panel of 12 lawmakers—is debating how to cut $1.2 trillion from the federal budget over the next ten years. Severe reductions in Medicaid funding have been put at the top of their cut list. We must urge our Senators and Representatives to take a balanced approach to reducing the deficit and reject proposals that hurt the most vulnerable members of our community.

Medicaid provides a safety net for 850,000 Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander children, 180,000 elders, and many members of our community with disabilities. Nearly 1 in 10 Asian Americans and more than 1 in 8 Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders are projected to gain Medicaid coverage when the program expands in 2014.

Log in to your Twitter account and post a Twitter message:

Slashing #medicaid puts the poorest and sickest at risk. Take action now! http://bit.ly/pdKwG0

Tell Congress to Protect #Medicaid from drastic budget cuts http://bit.ly/pdKwG0

Raise revenue, don’t cut #Medicaid

Slashing #Medicaid shifts costs to your state and to you. Take action now! http://bit.ly/pdKwG0

Send the Congressional Leadership a Message on Twitter:

Keep our aging parents&grandparents at home! 14% of Asian Am seniors use #Medicaid &Medicare for home-based care.

12% of AA and 24% NHPIs are uninsured. The Affordable Care Act will give them access to coverage through #Medicaid.

U.S House of Representatives

@SpeakerBoehner
The Honorable John Boehner
Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives

@EricCantor
The Honorable Eric Cantor
Majority Leader of the U.S.House of Representatives

@NancyPelosi
The Honorable Nancy Pelosi
Minority Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives

@Clyburn
The Honorable James Clyburn
Assistant Democratic Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives

U.S. Senate

@SenatorReid
The Honorable Harry Reid
Majority Leader of the U.S. Senate

@SenatorDurbin
The Honorable Richard Durbin
Assistant Majority Leader of the U.S. Senate

@SenJonKyl
The Honorable Jon Kyl
Assistant Minority Leader of the U.S. Senate

Important: Please use the hashtag #Medicaid or #SaveMedicaid in all of your Twitter messages. Using hashtags helps to aggregate data on what people are talking about on Twitter. You can also include hashtags for your city and state, such as #SF (San Francisco), #BayArea (San Francisco Bay Area), #DC (Washington, DC), and #DMV (DC/Maryland/Virginia)