Statewide Medicaid
Expansion Call In Day
Dear Advocate,
The National MS Society is joining organizations across the state in a Call
In Day today, Thursday, February 21st to support Medicaid Expansion in Ohio.
For more information on what Governor Kasich’s plan to expand Medicaid would
mean to Ohioans please visit the Governor’s
Office of Health Transformation.
Our Goal: To show members of the Ohio House of
Representatives that there is broad public support to extend health coverage to
275,000 Ohioans in the state budget.
Our message is simple: "Please keep Medicaid Expansion
in the budget, we can’t afford NOT to expand
coverage.”
Instructions for Call In Day
Step 1: Find Your State Representative
- Click here
to enter your zip code (and address if needed) to find your state
representative
Step 2: Call Your State Representative
- After you find out who your legislator is from the link
above, call him/her using this sample script:
“I’m calling to urge Representative (insert rep’s name) to keep Medicaid
Expansion in the budget. If we choose not to extend Medicaid, Ohio taxpayers
will pay an additional $404 million over the next two years, lose $2.4
billion ($13 billion over seven years) of Ohioans’ federal tax dollars to
support Ohio’s priorities, and put at risk local mental health and addiction
services. We can’t afford NOT to extend Medicaid
in the state budget.”
Step 3: Call House Finance Chairman Ron Amstutz
- Call (614) 466-7584 using this sample script:
“I’m calling to urge Representative Amstuz to keep Medicaid Expansion in the
budget. If we choose not to extend Medicaid, Ohio taxpayers will pay an
additional $404 million over the next two years, lose $2.4 billion ($13 billion
over seven years) of Ohioans’ federal tax dollars to support Ohio’s priorities,
and put at risk local mental health and addiction services. We can’t afford not
to extend Medicaid in the state budget.”
Step 4: Email Your State Representative
- Use the sample letter included in the link
above, enter your information, and to send an email to your
legislator. Customize the email with your reasons for supporting Medicaid
expansion.
Step 5: Log Your Call
- Click here
to log your call so we can track how many calls and emails state representatives
received in support of the Medicaid Expansion.
Step 6: Spread the Word
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