Happy 40th Birthday Medicare and Medicaid

July 30 is the 40th birthday of the dominant health care plans for America - Medicare and Medicaid. Both programs are being slowly privatized to the detriment of the programs.

Join the MEDICAID 40TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

Friday, June 29th

You can join other organizations across Pennsylvania to preserve federal Medicaid funding by:

Signing Our Stakeholder's Medicaid Birthday Card -

Dear Senator Rick Santorum,

The following organizations will be celebrating Medicaid’s 40th birthday throughout Pennsylvania.

The Stakeholders Alliance to Defend Medicaid invites you to join this celebration of a national

system that has supported more than 50 million seniors, children, people with disabilities and low-income

families with access to life-saving medical care each year. As a member of the Senate Finance Committee,

your vote will play a pivotal role in the Medicaid debate. We urge you to make decisions on Medicaid in the

coming months based on the needs of Pennsylvania residents who depend on Medicaid to sustain their lives.

Do not blow out the candles on Medicaid.

to sign the card: forward a reply to ksorensen@ccjustice.org with a subject line that says: Medicaid Sig
In the body of the email give your:

Organization _________________________________

Your name__________________________________

Phone number _______________________________

City______________________zip __________________


You can also have a birthday cake at your work and invite your members and clients. When you cut the cake marking the 40th Anniversary of the creation of Medicaid, hold the piece aside that says “Happy” for Senator Santorum. He can either take it, or throw it away for the people of PA with his vote. Please contact us if you're going to have a cake so we can include you with all of the other state-wide organizations who are having cake in our press alert.

alisasimon@pccy.org

or call Alisa Simon: (215) 563-5848

This event is sponsored by Stakeholders:

Citizens for Consumer Justice
Consumer Health Coalition
Pennsylvania Partnership for Children
Philadelphia Coalition for Children and Youth

Kate Sorensen
Citizens for Consumer Justice
215-569-8220
ksorensen@ccjustice.org