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HERE WE STAND
MATERIALS FOR MEETINGS WITH MEMBERS OF CONGRESS / FEDERAL MEDICAID EFFORTS
What’s here? Messaging, one-pager/leave-behind, and communications resources for virtual or in-district/in-state visits to members of Congress.
- Messaging for Capitol Hill: Suggested messaging for meetings with members of Congress (House and Senate).
- One-pager for Capitol Hill: Leave behind for meetings with members of Congress (House and Senate).
- Communications toolkit: To support meetings with members of Congress in person or virtually, including a draft press release, sample social media posts, and social media graphics.
- Federal social media assets: Use these social media graphics to improve visibility in support of Medicaid targeted to members of Congress (House and Senate).
MATERIALS FOR STATE-LEVEL EFFORTS ON MEDICAID
Focus: Addressing state fiscal challenges, implementation of work requirements, program integrity / waste, fraud and abuse.
What’s here? Messaging, communications and advocacy tools to support your engagement with state officials and policymakers.
- Messaging: Suggested talking points for your meetings/engagements with state lawmakers and officials.
- Communications resources include:
- Op-ed template: Use this template to pitch an op-ed to your local/state paper. Note: Tailor as much as possible to improve acceptance.
- Letter to the editor template: Use this template to send a letter-to-the-editor to your state or local paper.
- State social media assets: Use this to amplify the importance and build support for Medicaid, especially attached to other efforts such as meetings with policymakers or coalitions partners. Ask your members/partners to use as well.
- Story capture questionnaire
MEDICAID RESOURCES FOR FEDERAL OR STATE EFFORTS
What’s here? Resources to support ways you can engage and background information on state-level challenges.
- Medicaid brief: “Supporting the Integrity of Medicaid and the People it Serves”: Backgrounder on state fiscal challenges, Medicaid program integrity and waste, fraud and abuse.
- Action guide: Suggested ways you can engage policymakers at the state or federal levels.
- Medicaid FAQs: Frequently asked questions and answers about the importance of Medicaid, policy impacts, and the Here We Stand campaign.
BRANDING & IMAGES
Tools you can use. Make it yours! Having a meeting? Conference? Make a banner, sign, poster, template materials, and the like.
2025 MATERIALS
The following were made available before the passage of H.R. 1 (OBBBA).
- Key message pillars and talking points
- Key message pillars one-pager
- Q&A and FAQ for addressing misinformation and the impact of Medicaid cuts
- Holding statements for media inquiries or social media
- Op-ed templates for submission to national and local outlets
- Published example: “Without Medicaid care, families jeopardized in Toledo” by Rick Marshall (Genacross Lutheran Services)
- Meeting guides for advocacy with elected officials
- Impact story questionnaire/guide
- Social media post guide
For additional resources on Medicaid, visit our Community Mobilization Resources webpage.