Safety net programs including Medicare, Medicaid, SNAP and the ACA are threatened by deep cuts in the upcoming congressional budget negotiations. Join us as we hear music and personal stories about the safety net, and testimony from healthcare professionals including Dr Rex Archer, Director of Health for the city of Kansas City MO.

Background:

BUDGETS ARE MORAL DOCUMENTS! The 2018 Federal Budget is immoral, slashing funding to a wide array of departments and programs, but under particular threat is the social safety net.

Medicaid, Medicare, the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP/food stamps), and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) are on the chopping block. And as always, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is under threat of defunding in various ways. See http://nyti.ms/2uYrjyZ.

Billions of dollars are at stake. We cannot allow the White House to attack the poor, seniors, children, persons with disabilities, and the ill without a fight!


SPONSORS
Communities Creating Opportunity (CCO)
Our Revolution Kansas City
KC Democratic Socialists of America
Indivisible KC