Trumpcare’s $880 billion cut to Medicaid is much more than an attack on the poor, working families, children, seniors and people with disabilities. It is an attack on the American people, it is an attack on families, and our shared belief that we have a duty to care for one another.

Medicaid provides vital health insurance protections to seniors in nursing homes and low-income Americans of all ages. Although the majority of Medicaid beneficiaries are children and working-age adults, Medicaid spends more money on long term care for seniors and people with disabilities than anything else.

In addition to the provision of long term care support and services, Medicaid also finances critical acute care for our nation’s low-income seniors who cannot afford Medicare’s out-of-pocket costs and who struggle to meet basic costs of living, let alone health care costs.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services estimate that at least 70 percent of Americans ages 65 and older will one day need long-term care services and supports, which include nursing facilities, home health aides, personal care, and family caregiving.

Sign the petition today demanding Congress reject Trumpcare and its reckless cuts to Medicaid―a direct attack on seniors and people with disabilities.