LETTERS AND INFORMATION
H.CON.RES. 95 -- BUDGET RESOLUTION FOR FY 2004

• "House Republican Budget Resolution; $95 Billion in Cuts to Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program are Unsustainable"
  -- Fact Sheet prepared by House Committee on Energy and Commerce Democratic Staff, March 20, 2003

• Fact Sheets for House Consideration of the 2004 Budget
  -- Provided by the House Committee on Budget, March 20, 2003 (pdf)

• "Any reduction in federal Medicaid funding would place millions of vulnerable Americans now receiving Medicaid in jeopardy of losing their health coverage."
  -- March 25, 2003, letter to House and Senate Budget Committee Chairmen and Ranking Members by 81Senators (pdf)

• "An Illustration of How Much Each State Might Lose in Medicaid Matching Funds Under the House Budget Resolution"
  -- Provided by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, March 17, 2003 (pdf)

• "House Budget Plan Calls For Cuts in Key Domestic Entitlement Programs" -- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, March 20, 2003, fact paper (pdf)

• "Democratic Governors Stand United in Strong Opposition to any Effort to Reduce Federal Support for Medicare, Medicaid and SCHIP" -- Democratic Governors' Association, March 19, 2003, letter to Speaker Hastert and Minority Leader Pelosi

• "Restore Medicaid funding in the Budget Resolution Conference"  -- March 27, 2003, letter from America's Health Care Providers (pdf)

• "...we ask that you oppose the final budget resolution if it contains cuts in Medicaid funding."  -- March 26, 2003, letter from The Arc of the United States and United Cerebral Palsy (pdf)

• "The Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) strongly opposes any cuts to the Medicaid program as part of the fiscal year 2004 budget resolution."  -- March 26, 2003, letter from The Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (pdf)

• "The undersigned organizations strongly oppose any cuts to the Medicaid program as part of the fiscal year 2004 budget resolution conference report."  -- March 25, 2003, letter from Families USA signed by more than 140 groups representing patients, providers, and other concerned and affected organizations (pdf)

• "Statement by AARP CEO Bill Novelli on Medicare and Medicaid Budget Proposals" -- AARP, March 19, 2003, News Release (pdf)

• "America's Health Care Providers Say:   'Vote NO on the House Budget Resolution' H.Con.Res. 95 [as reported by the House Budget Committee]" -- March 18, 2003, letter sent to Members of Congress by several health care organizations (pdf)

• "The Undersigned Organizations Strongly Oppose Any Cuts to the Medicaid Program as Part of the Fiscal Year 2004 Budget Resolution" -- March 19, 2003, letter sent to Members of Congress by several health care organizations (pdf)

• "Protect State & Local Governments By Repealing Budget Cuts to Medicaid" -- National Association of Counties March 20, 2003, letter to Members of Congress (pdf)

• "We urge you to oppose any Medicaid cuts as part of the fiscal year 2004 budget and in the final budget resolution conference report adopted by Congress." -- March 20, 2003, letter sent to Members of Congress by The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

• "Our most vulnerable Americans, the old who are poor and sick, have but one alternative for health care and that is Medicaid."  -- Barbara B. Kennelly, President   and CEO of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare (NCPSSM), March 12, 2003 News Release; see also NCPSSM March 13, 2003, letter to Chairman Tauzin

• "Impact of the Administration's Medicaid Reform Proposal on Dental Services" -- Children's Dental Health Project, February 10, 2003 (pdf)