ACTION NEEDED
Urge your U.S. representative to sign on to a bipartisan letter asking House leadership to prevent the Medicaid disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payment cuts scheduled to take effect on Jan. 1, 2025.
Find your U.S. representative’s contact information in this online directory.
TIMING
Contact your representatives before the Dec. 6 deadline to sign the bipartisan letter.
The letter is led by Reps. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Diana DeGette (D-CO), and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL). Ask your representative to contact:
- Nisha Thanawala (Nisha.Thanawala@mail.house.gov) in Rep. Clarke’s office (for Democratic representatives)
- Colin Yokanovich (Colin.Yokanovich@mail.house.gov) in Rep. Crenshaw’s office (for Republican representatives)
RESOURCES
- CHA/DSH Coalition Letter to California Congressional Delegation
- House Bipartisan Letter to Leadership (ask your representative to sign)
- Members of Congress “Dear Colleague” Letter (share with your representative)
- CHA Federal Legislative Tracker (check signatures status and find contact info by clicking on your representative’s picture)
BACKGROUND
Reductions in Medicaid DSH payments to states are scheduled to take effect on Jan. 1, 2025. If these cuts go into effect, California’s hospitals would lose $1.2 billion in 2025.
California’s hospitals rely on federal Medicaid DSH money to subsidize the cost of care for low-income, uninsured, and underinsured Californians — and to ensure their continued ability to provide the services needed by vulnerable communities.
These cuts were originally scheduled to take effect in 2014, but Congress has consistently blocked their implementation.