The Senate’s flat budget proposal means no 2nd adequacy installment, no increase for public education, and cuts to public transit — leaving kids and families behind.
✊ Come stand with clergy, parents, students, and community members to call for full and fair funding for every child in PA.
📢 Speak up for Education Justice!
This Friday, Sept. 12 at 10 a.m., gather at Senator Scott Martin’s Strasburg office (135 E Main St) to demand a compromise budget that fully funds our schools.
Thank you to the over 600 who came out this Labor Day in Lancaster to show what solidarity looks like! #workersoverbillionaires
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So proud of our community for pulling this together with less than an hour notice. And CBP checked out of the hotel! local21news.com/news/local/b...
Locations all over Lancaster today (PA-11)! #rageagainsttheregime @indivisiblemtwp.bsky.social @lancasteronline.bsky.social @wgal8.bsky.social @maddow.msnbc.com
I had to know, you had me in suspense, haha 😅
Did you get the squirrel?! 🐿️
400+ turned out in the heat in Lancaster PA for our "Good Trouble Lives On" rally and vigil remembering John Lewis. We march on Saturday for our democracy! @indivisible.org @indivisiblepa.bsky.social @ezralevin.bsky.social @leahgreenberg.bsky.social @maddow.msnbc.com @lancasteronline.bsky.social
Let’s look at U.S. Rep. Lloyd Smucker’s latest campaign finance reports, where he disclosed more than $1 million on hand as of June 30 between two PACs. 🧵⬇️
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On a day's notice, 500+ of us in Lancaster, PA got together to tell Rep. Smucker (PA-11) and Trump to take this bill and shove it!
“Socialism for the rich”
“Robin Hood in reverse”
This is messaging that could break through the big beautiful mental block that obstructs the minds of 31% of 2024 voters who voted for this and maybe even the 36% who couldn’t be prevailed upon to vote at all.
On May 22, the House of Representatives passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1) on a close party-line vote of 215 -214. This Republican-led legislation is now before the Senate, and the AFL-CIO with its affiliated unions are advocating against the $1.3 trillion reduction in medical services that is included in the Republicans’ budget reconciliation policy. Based on assessments from health insurance experts, unions are concerned that working families with employment-based coverage may see their premiums increase significantly as a result of the uncompensated care costs expected to stem from this legislation. Health coverage is a key benefit that unions often secure for their members through negotiation with employers. Union-negotiated health benefits are often provided through a multiemployer health plan that is jointly managed by a union and employers, or under a collective bargaining agreement with a single employer. The AFL-CIO requested industry analysts advising these health plans to provide an assessment of the impact of massive federal health spending cuts on people in employment-based coverage. Additional context is provided from other sources.
Uncompensated care costs shifted to private insurance could result in increased yearly costs of $182 - $485 per person for the 179 million people in employment-based coverage. Hundreds of hospitals nationwide could reduce capacity or close due to lost revenue, making care unavailable in many communities. 607,000 health care jobs may be eliminated, intensifying the U.S. health staffing crisis and reducing everyone’s access to qualified care. Communities Across the U.S. Will Experience a Financial Shock that Reduces Everyone’s Access to Medical Services The Republican budget reconciliation bill pairs a package of $3.7 trillion in tax cuts skewed toward the wealthy and corporations with massive spending cuts in Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program, the Affordable Care Act, and other federal programs. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) found that the Republicans’ reconciliation policy will eliminate $1.3 trillion dollars in health care spending under these programs, through reductions in the bill and failing to include ACA enhanced premium tax credits among the scores of other tax provisions the bill extends. CBO estimated that these combined policies will result in 16 million people becoming uninsured. Many of the 16 million losing insurance will forgo needed medical care, even for chronic conditions, until they become seriously ill. Researchers found that H.R. 1 will result in 51,000 preventable deaths a year – 38,000 due to lack of insurance coverage and an additional 13,000 due to the repeal of nursing home staffing standards. Others losing insurance will still seek care in desperation, even if they are unable to pay for it. Many will incur medical debt and experience creating financial hardship. Hospitals, who are forbidden by federal law to turn away seriously ill patients without treating or transferring them, will not compensated for the care provided because they are unable to collect from patients who lack insurance.
A new AFL-CIO report shows that 179 million people with health insurance through work will pay up to $485 per person more in health care costs each year as a result of Medicaid and Affordable Care Act cuts in the budget reconciliation bill. aflcio.org/about/advoca...
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PSEA President Aaron Chapin hosts Sunday's PA Newsmakers, where he joins Sam McNally, pres. of the Manheim Township EA, and Dr. Mark Price, director of research for school funding with PSEA, to discuss how PA is addressing funding inequities in our public schools. Watch at 11:30 a.m. on WGAL-TV.
