Medicaid funding is on the chopping block. Cutting Medicaid would force states, cities, towns and schools to slash critical public services and jobs. Did you know? Medicaid dollars are the largest source of federal funding for state budgets, accounting for 56% of total federal funding allocated to states in 2024. If federal Medicaid dollars dry up, states will have no choice but to slash budgets and jobs for a broad range of state and local public services.
And that's exactly why OCSEA, and all AFSCME members can’t sit on the sidelines as Congress crafts a tax and budget package that cuts federal funding for Medicaid. We can’t be silent as anti-worker lawmakers target Medicaid, which supports jobs, especially in rural areas. Hardworking nurses, caregivers, and public service workers depend on Medicaid funding to take care of our communities. If Medicaid is cut, those jobs and the services they provide may disappear. Working families, disabled citizens, children and the elderly will pay the price while billionaires get another tax cut. That’s just wrong!
Join AFSCME members across the country for the PROTECT MEDICAID DAY OF ACTION, Wednesday, March 19. Call your member of Congress and tell them exactly how cuts to Medicaid will affect all of us and damage our communities.