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Grassroots Power Saved Health Care in Indiana—We Need It Everywhere Now - Community Catalyst In January 2025, Indiana lawmakers introduced Senate Bill 2, a proposal backed by the billionaire-funded Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA)

Our partners in Indiana, @hoosieraction.bsky.social , showed up with people power. ✊

When lawmakers tried to gut Medicaid, advocates organized & shared their stories to block SB 2’s harm.

This could be a blueprint for defending care.
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1 in 5 US households have medical debt hurting their credit.

Medical debt isn’t a measure of creditworthiness—it’s a measure of a broken health-care system.

But a judge struck down a CFPB rule to keep it off credit reports. 👇

Advocates, providers say FSSA proposed changes would hurt, isolate people with disabilities - NewsBreak Indiana proposed changes to Medicaid waivers that provide home- and community-based services — including a significant cap on certain therapy services. Adv

Indiana proposed changes to Medicaid waivers that provide home and community-based services including a significant cap on certain therapy services. Advocates and providers said the proposal from the IN Family & Social Services Administration would harm people with disabilities and isolate them.

FSSA reopens Medicaid waiver slots, but only covers about a third of 13,000 Hoosiers on waitlists - NewsBreak Previously closed slots for Indiana’s Medicaid waivers reopened on July 1. Those slots released by the state for the coming year will only cover about one-

Previously closed slots for Indiana’s Medicaid waivers reopened on July 1. Those slots released by the state for the coming year will only cover about one-third of the 13.4k people on the Health and Wellness and the Pathways waiver waitlists.

We need you to take action TODAY to stop the dangerous federal #Medicaid cuts! Vote could happen as early as this afternoon. Go to hoosieraction.org/medicaid for more info & a call scripts. Join us Tuesday night for an action party. Register at hoosieraction.org/events.

Just in case you missed this headline.

They can tweak the Big Bad Bill all they want, but the plan is still the same: gut Medicaid to make billionaires richer.

Don’t be fooled.
A bad bill with edits is still a bad bill.


We won't stay silent.

#HandsOffMedicaid #ThisBillKills

Supreme Court upholds Affordable Care Act’s preventive care mandate The challengers argued that members of the Preventive Services Task Force were improperly appointed because they were not approved by the Senate.

Breaking news: The Supreme Court upheld a portion of the Affordable Care Act that requires health plans to provide free preventive care such as cancer screenings, contraception and immunizations.

The Senate is trying to push forward dangerous Medicaid cuts THIS weekend! Please CALL your Senators TODAY & voice your opposition to Medicaid cuts to fund a billionaire tax giveaway! We've got phone numbers and a call script on our website 👇
www.hoosieraction.org/medicaid

Federal cuts to SNAP, Medicaid would be ‘a disaster’ for Indiana, Gleaners CEO says - NewsBreak INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The CEO of a prominent Indiana food bank on Wednesday said proposed cuts to SNAP and Medicaid moving through the Senate “would be a d

The CEO of a prominent Indiana food bank on Wednesday said proposed cuts to SNAP and Medicaid “would be a disaster” for every single Hoosier. Fred Glass, CEO of Gleaners Food Bank, said these cuts would leave a catastrophic impact on the food insecure, Indiana workers, and communities.

Tell Congress: NO CUTS TO HOOSIER HEALTHCARE! Action Party Saturday 6/28 1-3:30 pm ET Register at https://www.hoosieraction.org/events.

🚨Medicaid is under attack!🚨 We’re in a battle to save #Medicaid from dangerous federal cuts. Now is the time to step up to protect healthcare for 1.9 million Hoosier kids, adults & elders. Join us on Saturday at 1 pm ET for an Action Party on Zoom! Register at hoosieraction.org/events to join us

'It's hard for everybody right now' | Indy families and pantries feeling the impact of the federal Sun Bucks cut With summer vacation kicking off, some families may find it harder to get food for their children because of the cut to the federal Sun Bucks program.

They're one of the many families who stop by Churches In Mission in Mooresville twice a month. The organization said they are serving more than double the amount of families this year than they did during the COVID-19 pandemic because of the Sun Bucks cut. share.google/XEeXHwriVH5x...

Indiana made an unprecedented investment in public health. It’s being cut already. Indy’s department will only get $6 million to improve vaccinations and maternal health — a 70% cut.

State legislators have cut Indianapolis public health funding by more than 70% — hampering long-term efforts to improve the city’s vaccination rates, maternal mortality and child health.
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🔥 CONGRATULATIONS Amy, Anthony Tony and everyone from @hoosieraction.bsky.social on your BIG WIN as harm reduction becomes law in Indiana! Care Not Cuffs - this law will save lives, thanks to you! 👏

Proposed Medicaid cuts could impact Indiana - NewsBreak MISHAWAKA, Ind. (WSBT) — Potential changes coming to Medicaid are top of mind for health leaders today. A news conference was held on Tuesday afternoon dis

Chris Karam, President of St. Joseph Health in Mishawaka, IN says 72% of Medicaid adults are working and nearly 40% of Medicaid enrollees are children. "The Medicaid program covers 20% of our population...A lot of people don’t know that.” He says cuts would put Hoosiers in a fragile state.

Indiana opens up rebate program to help Hoosiers lower their energy bills, carbon emissions The program is open to everyone including homeowners, renters and landlords. But how much of a discount you'll receive depends on your income, how many people you live with, and how much energy the u...

Indiana residents can apply for money from the state to help make their home more energy efficient. The Indiana Office of Energy Development opened up more than $180 million in home energy rebates for Hoosiers last week.

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An excerpt of Deloitte’s marketing contract shows its $300,000 per month expenditure on reports on its own performance, $250,000 per month for community outreach, $478,000 Final Marketing and Outreach Campaign Report, and $10.7 million total budget.

After being hired to promote Georgia’s Medicaid work requirement program, Deloitte Consulting priced reports about its own marketing performance at $300,000 a month.

A final report, which was due in February, could cost the state nearly half a million.

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And this legislation is back for a third time, now as amendments to HB 1014. Call today, the vote may come very quickly.

Senate axes public camping ban language, citing relevancy rule - Indianapolis Business Journal Indiana's proposed public camping ban, which originated with a Texas-based think tank, has now died twice this legislative session.

Addressing his colleagues Thursday, Sen. Ron Alting, R-Lafayette, asked for compassion in legislation relating to people living on city streets and said the government’s role is to “support them, not to go against them.”

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IN SB 197 will turn homeless people with no shelter into criminals with rap sheets! This must be stopped immediately! www.votervoice.net/mobile/IACED...

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Investor-owned housing increases evictions in Indianapolis, local leader says Over 70,000 eviction notices issued in Indiana last year. Investor-owned housing a major contributor to the issue, says local leaders.

At The Woods at Oak Crossing apartment complex, I-Team 8 spoke with four different Black women with children. All four said their rent nearly doubled in the last four years. They all fear being evicted.
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🧟ZOMBIE BILL ALERT🧟: Stop the Criminalization of Homelessness! We need your help to stop a dangerous zombie amendment on SB 197, which criminalizes homelessness. By taking action together, we killed this bill once, and we need your help to do it again!

Bill that would allegedly 'criminalize homelessness' gets second life after it is inserted into an unrelated Indiana Senate bill The original House bill failed in committee earlier this session but was added into a Senate bill on Monday, April 7.

Language that would allegedly "criminalize homelessness" has been added to an unrelated Senate bill at the Indiana Statehouse. 

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Contact your State Rep and ask them to oppose the criminalization of homelessness in SB 197. Find your State Rep and their contact info at MADVoters.org.

Our fight now moves to the House floor, and we urge you to email or call your state legislator to share your remaining concerns about SB 2. #INLegis #Medicaid

We've won A LOT together, transforming SB 2 from a dangerous bill, to one which includes some positive provisions even thought the harmful work reporting requirements & quarterly eligibility checks remain. #Medicaid #INLegis

In the halls of power, we shared our #Medicaid stories & stood up for Hoosier commonsense: no cuts to our care to line the pockets of billionaires! Just a day later, the House Ways & Means Committee voted to further amended SB 2 to address some of the concerns we've shared about the bill. #INLegis

On Tues we flexed our power at the Statehouse at our Protect #Medicaid Day of Action & we won more improvements to SB 2 on Wed! We brought together more than 150 Hoosiers from across 55 rural, urban, & suburban Statehouse Districts. #INLegis

Hoosiers rally to protect Medicaid from state, federal action  • Indiana Capital Chronicle Roughly 200 Hoosiers gathered in Indianapolis Tuesday, urging their elected officials to protect Medicaid from state and federal cuts.

Hoosiers rally to protect Medicaid from state, federal action