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Across the country, talk of cutting Medicare and Medicaid has created a political firestorm – and some politicians say it’s necessary to balance the federal budget.

We couldn’t disagree more.

Medicare and Medicaid provide a safety net for our most vulnerable community members – including children, pregnant women, seniors and people with disabilities – and more Americans than ever rely on the coverage they provide. Medicaid provides stable health coverage and services for 11% of Asian Americans and 14% of Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders. In addition, over 14% of Asian seniors rely on Medicare and Medicaid for health coverage.

Send the Congressional Leadership a Message on Facebook:

Log in to your Facebook account. In order to interact with Congressional Leadership you will need to “like” his or her fan page. Post this message onto his or her fan page wall:

I strongly urge you to reject any attempts to cut Medicare and Medicaid funding. Cuts would endanger the comprehensive health care that 1 in 3 American children depend on. Cutting Medicare and Medicaid is NOT the solution!

U.S House of Representatives

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

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

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

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

U.S. Senate

The Honorable Joseph Biden
President of the U.S. Senate

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

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

The Honorable Mitch McConnell
Minority Leader of the U.S. Senate

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

Post a message on your own profile and tag the Congressional Leadership.

  1. To tag the Congressional Leadership in a Facebook post, in the message box, type @name.

  2. A drop-down box will appear populating names as you enter it in.

  3. Select the name and it will be highlighted in your status update.

  4. Post this message after the highlighted name:

I strongly urge you to reject any attempts to cut Medicare and Medicaid funding. Cuts would endanger the comprehensive health care that 1 in 3 American children depend on. Cutting Medicare and Medicaid is NOT the solution!