Sign here: Republicans want to take healthcare away from children

Friend, Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) are lifelines for millions of low-income families. And now, due to the slim GOP majority in the U.S. House, those lifelines are at great risk of being cut. [Sign and send the petition to Congress: Defend Medicaid and CHIP!]( [SIGN AND SEND THE PETITION]( In one of his concessions to win over right-wing members of his caucus and win the Speaker’s gavel, Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) agreed to hold the debt ceiling increase hostage in order to extract cuts from critical social programs. Although cuts to Social Security and Medicare have proved to be punishingly unpopular, the threats to Medicaid and CHIP remain quite real. It’s estimated that 15 million people will be at risk of losing Medicaid coverage. The majority of those projected to lose coverage will be people of color, including 4.6 million Latinos, 2.2 million African Americans, and nearly a million Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. And CHIP is quite literally a lifeline for millions of children in low-income households. More than half of America’s children receive their health care through Medicaid/CHIP. We’re still dealing with the ramifications of a once-in-a-century deadly worldwide pandemic. Millions of people are living with the effects of Long COVID. Medicaid is the biggest source of funding for substance use disorder treatment. [Sign and send the petition to Congress: Defend Medicaid and CHIP!]( [SIGN AND SEND THE PETITION]( Eliminating the health insurance of millions of people with low incomes is unconscionable. Access to health care is an inalienable right. We cannot allow one political party with the slimmest of majorities–that’s controlled by an extreme faction–to cruelly deny health coverage to millions of people. [We need to send a message to Congress: Defend Medicaid and CHIP!]( [SIGN AND SEND THE PETITION]( Thanks for all you do, Erin Tulley, Daily Kos Daily Kos Relies on Readers Like You We don't have billionaire backers like some right-wing media outlets. Half our revenue comes from readers like you, meaning we literally couldn't do this work without you. Can you chip in $5 right now to help Daily Kos keep fighting? [Chip in $5]( If you wish to donate by mail instead, please send a check to Daily Kos, PO Box 70036, Oakland, CA, 94612. Contributions to Daily Kos are not tax deductible. Sent via [ActionNetwork.org](. To update your email address, change your name or address, or to stop receiving emails from Daily Kos, please [click here](.