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. On behalf of an ORGANIZATION please sign me onto the letter urging Senators Casey and Specter to assure that a 6-month extension of the enhanced federal Medicaid match rate (FMAP) is included in H.R. 4213. I am signing onto the letter as a representative of an organization.
On behalf of an ORGANIZATION please sign me onto the letter urging Senators Casey and Specter to assure that a 6-month extension of the enhanced federal Medicaid match rate (FMAP) is included in H.R. 4213. I am signing onto the letter as a representative of an organization.
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. As an INDIVIDUAL, please sign me onto the letter urging Senators Casey and Specter to assure that a 6-month extension of the enhanced federal Medicaid match rate (FMAP) is included in H.R. 4213. I am signing onto the letter as an individual and have included my county of residence.
As an INDIVIDUAL, please sign me onto the letter urging Senators Casey and Specter to assure that a 6-month extension of the enhanced federal Medicaid match rate (FMAP) is included in H.R. 4213. I am signing onto the letter as an individual and have included my county of residence.
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. Dear Senators Casey and Specter,
With urgency we have joined together to ask you to reach out to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to secure his assurance that the Senate will include a 6-month extension of the enhanced federal Medicaid match rate (FMAP) when it considers H.R. 4213(American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act of 2010).
It is essential that the Senate’s actions demonstrate its will that the final bill must include the FMAP extension.
As you are aware, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 4213 before the Memorial Day break and for all the worthwhile elements retained in the bill (i.e. extended unemployment, important tax extensions, TANF resources to help parents move from welfare-to-work, and investment in the National Housing Trust Fund), it was stripped of the FMAP extension.
We remain grateful for both of your demonstrated leadership and advocacy, to date, to secure this temporary extension of FMAP.
Absent immediate resolution of the temporary FMAP extension, Governor Rendell and Pennsylvania lawmakers will have no choice but to rework the pending 2010-2011 spending plan to adjust for the loss of nearly $850 million. As Pennsylvania’s 2010-2011 Commonwealth Budget was drafted, enhanced FMAP was projected to offset 7.5 percent of the Department of Public Welfare’s (DPW) appropriations in the next fiscal year.
Enhanced FMAP remains central to the state’s ability to support vital health and social services as well as deflect deeper unemployment and help Pennsylvania begin to emerge toward sustained economic recovery.
Planning for the negative effects of Congress allowing the enhanced FMAP to lapse prematurely -- before the state and families have truly been given the opportunity to get on solid economic footing after the national recession – has begun in Harrisburg.
Advocates, service providers, local governments, health care professionals, and vulnerable families have been told to prepare for the massive cuts needed to balance the state budget without FMAP. Cuts that have been identified as likely without FMAP extension include, but are not limited to:
• Outright elimination of drug and alcohol and homeless services;
• 50 percent reduction to state funds for domestic violence services and rape crisis centers;
• 25 percent cut to child abuse and family strengthening programs; and
• Reduced reimbursements for hospitals, nursing homes and health care professionals who care for the disabled.
To humanize the numbers it is important to recognize that in the current fiscal year more than 63,000 Pennsylvanians were in need of domestic violence or rape crisis services and waiting lists for such services already exist. More than 100,000 were provided homeless assistance. Over 250,000 children received child welfare services to keep them safe at home.
There is no disagreement that America must move to curb its debt and deficits, but short term spending like the FMAP extension is a wise (and temporary) investment especially in its ability to stave off further unemployment and ultimately complement reasonable and balanced approaches to address America’s long-term debt.
We look forward to your continued active leadership for Pennsylvania’s children, families, local governments and proven-effective health and human services sector.
Dear Senators Casey and Specter, With urgency we have joined together to ask you to reach out to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to secure his assurance that the Senate will include a 6-month extension of the enhanced federal Medicaid match rate (FMAP) when it considers H.R. 4213(American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act of 2010). It is essential that the Senate’s actions demonstrate its will that the final bill must include the FMAP extension. As you are aware, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 4213 before the Memorial Day break and for all the worthwhile elements retained in the bill (i.e. extended unemployment, important tax extensions, TANF resources to help parents move from welfare-to-work, and investment in the National Housing Trust Fund), it was stripped of the FMAP extension. We remain grateful for both of your demonstrated leadership and advocacy, to date, to secure this temporary extension of FMAP. Absent immediate resolution of the temporary FMAP extension, Governor Rendell and Pennsylvania lawmakers will have no choice but to rework the pending 2010-2011 spending plan to adjust for the loss of nearly $850 million. As Pennsylvania’s 2010-2011 Commonwealth Budget was drafted, enhanced FMAP was projected to offset 7.5 percent of the Department of Public Welfare’s (DPW) appropriations in the next fiscal year. Enhanced FMAP remains central to the state’s ability to support vital health and social services as well as deflect deeper unemployment and help Pennsylvania begin to emerge toward sustained economic recovery. Planning for the negative effects of Congress allowing the enhanced FMAP to lapse prematurely -- before the state and families have truly been given the opportunity to get on solid economic footing after the national recession – has begun in Harrisburg. Advocates, service providers, local governments, health care professionals, and vulnerable families have been told to prepare for the massive cuts needed to balance the state budget without FMAP. Cuts that have been identified as likely without FMAP extension include, but are not limited to: • Outright elimination of drug and alcohol and homeless services; • 50 percent reduction to state funds for domestic violence services and rape crisis centers; • 25 percent cut to child abuse and family strengthening programs; and • Reduced reimbursements for hospitals, nursing homes and health care professionals who care for the disabled. To humanize the numbers it is important to recognize that in the current fiscal year more than 63,000 Pennsylvanians were in need of domestic violence or rape crisis services and waiting lists for such services already exist. More than 100,000 were provided homeless assistance. Over 250,000 children received child welfare services to keep them safe at home. There is no disagreement that America must move to curb its debt and deficits, but short term spending like the FMAP extension is a wise (and temporary) investment especially in its ability to stave off further unemployment and ultimately complement reasonable and balanced approaches to address America’s long-term debt. We look forward to your continued active leadership for Pennsylvania’s children, families, local governments and proven-effective health and human services sector.
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