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Your Voice Needed: Tell your governor to defend Medicaid funding

Access to health care coverage is a lifesaver for families and our economy. We are working to ensure every family has access to quality affordable health care coverage because no one should have to choose between paying for groceries or housing and paying their medical bills. Whether you’ve struggled to pay for your insulin or have been impacted from COVID-19, everyone should have access to quality and affordable healthcare.

People are often surprised to hear that even a physician can end up on Medicaid...but I’m a great example that it can happen to anyone. I’m 32 years old, married, with two small children and I am a family physician. In January of this year, right at the beginning of a new plan year and new...Read more
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Tell the Senate: It’s up to you! Extend the expiring ACA tax credits
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Write a letter to the editor: Tell your U.S. Senators to extend the expiring ACA tax credits!

12/18/25
At last! For months, we have been demanding that Congress take action to protect our health care—but Republican leaders and President Trump have refused to take the health care crisis they’ve created seriously. But thankfully, at the last minute, four House Republicans joined Democrats to force a...
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Felicia Burnett
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Quick signature: Tell Congress to stop rising health care costs!

09/17/25
“We went from a family of three to four, double income to single. We have a plan through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that only costs us $168 per month and it's a godsend compared to the $1000+ we were paying. Everyone should have affordable health insurance!” - K, Colorado Mom Quick signature:...
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Quick signature: Vaccines save lies. Fire RFK Jr.!
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Tell Robert F. Kennedy Jr. "You're fired!"

09/10/25
“I’m horrified and perplexed by the many ways Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has broken with evidence-based scientific practices, putting families’ health at risk. I know all too well these policies can have life-or-death consequences.” - Jean, Maryland Mom Quick...
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Our Tax Dollars, Our Families: Show Congress the Real-World Receipts of the Affordability Crisis

04/13/26
As the 2027 budget proposal threatens deep cuts to health care and child care to fund military spending, MomsRising is launching a national receipts campaign. We are collecting the real monthly costs families pay for essential needs to create a giant visual record for lawmakers this Mother’s Day.
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Tell Congress: No Cuts to Health Care and Child Care to Fund War — Stop the "Big, Ugly Bill 2.0"

04/13/26
The administration has released a 2027 budget proposal that threatens to slash funding for essential family programs like health care and child care. MomsRising is mobilizing to stop "Reconciliation 2.0" — a legislative process that would divert taxpayer dollars away from our communities to fund historic military increases and human rights abuses.
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Tell Congress to Protect Medicaid Home- and Community-Based Services — HCBS

04/06/26
This Medicaid Awareness Month, MomsRising is fighting to protect Medicaid Home- and Community-Based Services (HCBS). These essential services allow older adults and people with disabilities to live and age with dignity in their own homes rather than in costly institutions. With federal funding under attack, your voice is needed to tell Congress to safeguard this critical care infrastructure.
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Quick Signature: Hands off our Medicaid!

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/46963/?source=action">Quick Signature: Hands off our Medicaid!</a>

Republican leadership in Congress is prioritizing tax cuts for billionaires and corporations at the expense of the health needs of families across the nation!

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How are cuts to health care and rising health care costs impacting your family?

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How are cuts to health care and rising health care costs impacting your family?

Quick signature: Tell Congress no cuts to Medicaid!

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The time is NOW to speak out to protect Medicaid!

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Quick signature: Tell Congress no cuts to Medicaid!

Quick signature: Tell Congress to stop rising health care costs!

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/52052/?source=action">Quick signature: Tell Congress to stop rising health care costs!</a>

Families are feeling the strain of rising costs—from everyday essentials like groceries and gas, to back-to-school supplies, childcare, and health care.

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Quick signature: Tell Congress to stop rising health care costs!