8924-17 Oppose Attacks on ACA, Medicare, Medicaid

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WHEREAS, Cutting federal funding to Ohio for Medicaid through block grants or per capita caps will shift health care costs onto our state, force impossible choices between cutting health benefits or even eliminating eligibility for them, take funding away from other essential services, and require state taxpayers to pay more; WHEREAS, Cutting federal funding to Ohio for Medicaid will threaten the health care, nursing home care and the long -term supports and the services that allow seniors and people of all ages with disabilities to live independently in their own homes and communities; WHEREAS, Cutting federal funding to Ohio for Medicaid will threaten the health benefits that, together with the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), ensure that one -in -three children can get the medical care they need; BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, OHIO: Section 1. The City of Lakewood opposes any and all attacks on health benefits; Section 2. The City of Lakewood calls upon all members of Congress representing the people of Ohio to oppose any and all attacks on our health benefits, including legislation that: • Turns Medicare into a voucher system, increases the Medicare eligibility age beyond 65, or in any other way cuts seniors' Medicare benefits or shifts additional costs onto them; • Imposes new taxes on or otherwise threatens the health benefits working people earn on the job; • Repeals the Affordable Care Act without a replacement plan that ensures that anyone with coverage today is able to afford it and keep it and that maintains key protections for all working families and seniors; • Repeals the Affordable Care Act's expansion of Medicaid benefits to millions of people; or Section 3. The City of Lakewood calls upon all members of Congress representing the people of Ohio to support real reforms that bring us closer to the goal of providing comprehensive, affordable health coverage for all by strengthening and expanding health benefits and controlling and lowering health care costs, so that everyone in America can get the care they need, when they need it. Adopted: l SIDE ID T T Approved: CLERK i ITS \'7�7�