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Help Ensure that SteppingStone Participants Continue to Have Access to the Care They Need.
The Facts:
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has proposed to eliminate funding to California's Adult Day Health Care Centers (ADHC's) effective March 1. The California legislature is due to vote on Schwarzenegger's elimination proposal in mid-February. Let your voice be heard by contacting your representative. Read on to find out how. If ADHC is eliminated as a MediCal benefit virtually 100% of our participants will be without the care they need to remain independent in their community of choice.
How You Can Help
You can help by writing, faxing and calling your legislator’s District office and Capitol office today. They really do count each message they receive.
The message is Simple: Oppose the elimination of ADHC - it is based on false savings.
The “paper savings” generated by eliminating all of the state’s 327 Adult Day Health Care facilities will cost more in dollars and lives than it saves. In fact, there will be increased costs to the state as thousands of elderly, mentally ill and Alzheimer’s patients are pushed into overcrowded Emergency Rooms, hospitals and nursing homes for medical crises. Survey data show, at minimum, $221.4 million in MediCal State General Fund costs will shift to hospitals and nursing facilities--$88.7 million more than the Governor’s $134.7 million General Fund savings.
Fax a letter today
Please fax a brief letter (sample below), including your name and address, to your legislators and the leaders listed below. Click here to find your legislator's fax number and contact information.
Key Facts to Include:
- Eliminating Adult Day Health Care (ADHC) will cost far more in dollars and in lives than it saves.
- California will lose more than $192.5 million in federal matching funds and 6,500 Californians will lose their jobs.
- ADHC clients will have no choice but to move into higher levels of care, such as skilled nursing facilities and psychiatric hospitals at almost twice the cost to the state when compared to ADHC
- Instead, please support legislation to amend eligibility criteria to avoid conflict with federal laws, such as the ADA and Olmstead decision, while targeting services to those most in need.
SAMPLE LETTER:
[Senator] or [Assembly Member] [Last Name] Via Facsimile
State Capitol
Sacramento, CA 95814
RE: Oppose Governor’s Proposal to Eliminate Adult Day Health Care March 1, 2010
Dear [Senator] or [Assembly Member] [Last Name]:
[Put your letter with key points here.]
Sincerely,
[Your name]
[Your address]
Make a Call Today:
- Senator Leland Yee: 415-557-7857 (District office), 916-651-4008 (Capitol office)
- Senator Mark Leno: 415-557-1300 (District office), 916-651-4003 (Capitol office)
- Assembly Member Ma: 415-557-2312 (District office), 916-319-2012 (Capitol office)
- Assembly Member Ammiano: 415-557-3013 (District office), 916-319-2013 (Capitol office)
Need other phone numbers? Visit www.legislature.ca.gov
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