October 31, 2025
Please join CCHCC for a rally TOMORROW – Saturday, Nov. 1 – at 11 a.m. at the Champaign County Courthouse in Urbana!
CCHCC’s Executive Director, Claudia Lennhoff, will be one of four speakers at tomorrow’s “Start the Change” CURE rally. Claudia will be speaking about the healthcare devastation created by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act – the partisan budget bill signed into law on July 4 of this year.
September 25, 2025
Today is a National Day of Action for lowering health care costs that are going to massively increase as a result of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” Please join activists from all around the country who are calling on members of Congress to urge them to take action to lower health care costs.
About those Marketplace Enhanced Premium Tax Credits:
Enhanced Premium Tax Credits (PTCs) lower monthly premiums for more than 20 million people through the ACA Marketplace. They mean parents can take their kids to the doctor without skipping rent, and families can afford prescriptions without falling into debt.
Earlier this year, Congress had the chance to make these savings permanent. Instead, they passed the largest health care cuts in U.S. history—putting millions at risk of higher premiums, lost coverage, and deeper debt.
The information below was provided by Families USA, which is a national consumer health advocacy organization:
Instead of addressing the high cost of health care, Republicans in Congress and President Trump passed a budget bill this summer that slashes funding for our health care, creates more barriers to coverage, and enacts policies that will directly increase premiums and out-of-pocket costs for millions.
Yet Congress can still act to prevent costs from skyrocketing for millions of families by permanently extending the ACA’s enhanced premium tax credits.
This is why we hope you will join Families USA, Community Catalyst, and other national, state, and local partners today for a Lower Health Care Costs National Day of Action. Take this opportunity to contact your member of Congress and urge them to make the enhanced premium tax credits permanent, reverse health care cuts, and lower health care costs. The ways you can take action are:
Together, we can make sure Congress hears us loud and clear: Lower health care costs now.
July 1, 2025
This is truly URGENT.
Senate Republicans just passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), and it’s headed back to the House of Representatives for a final vote. Pick up the phone and make your voice heard in this critical window!
The OBBBA will lead to over 17 million Americans losing their health insurance and drive up the cost of care across the board; imperil hospitals and other health providers; reduce and eliminate food assistance for millions of people including children, veterans, and other vulnerable Americans; terminate millions of jobs; spike energy costs; and explode the national debt.
Lawmakers haven’t even read the final text, but the House is taking steps to quickly pass the bill. This is a critical moment to speak out and tell your representative to vote NO. The health and well-being of Americans and the programs they rely on are at stake. Now is THE time to speak out and tell your lawmakers to vote against this extreme and harmful legislation.
TAKE ACTION NOW!
Call (202) 224-3121 to be connected with your representative TODAY.
Voting is scheduled for tomorrow, so don’t delay!
June 30, 2025
This is URGENT.
Late Saturday night, Senate Republicans narrowly passed a motion to proceed, allowing debate to begin on their version of the devastating reconciliation budget bill. While they cleared this first procedural hurdle, a number of Republican senators continue to voice concerns about the health sections of the bill that make deep cuts to Medicaid and other social programs.
A Vote in the Senate is Expected Soon, and Health Care and Food Assistance are on the Line
In less than 24 hours, the Senate is expected to vote on the Republican budget reconciliation bill—and it’s even more extreme than the House bill. (To take action, please see the “Take Action NOW” section of this message further below.)
Here’s what’s at stake:
The Senate proposal would slash funding for Medicare, Medicaid, the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and SNAP (food assistance)—all to pay for tax cuts that disproportionately benefit high-income earners.
Instead of moderating the House bill, the Senate doubled down—calling for deeper cuts and even more damage to programs for older adults, people with disabilities, caregivers, children, and working families.
If passed, this legislation would:
Programs that help people with Medicare are directly under attack:
The Senate could vote as soon as today, with the House quickly following. Republican lawmakers are aiming for final passage by July 4. We need your voice NOW to stop this.
June 11, 2025
We are facing a national crisis in health care. House Republicans recently passed their budget bill – the cartoonishly named “One Big Beautiful Bill” – by just one vote along party lines. There were no public hearings, and House members were not afforded time to read the bill before they chose to vote on it. This bill would slash funding for all of our most vital health programs: Medicaid, the Affordable Care Act’s Marketplace, and yes – Medicare.
Roughly 15 million low- and moderate-income people would lose health coverage and become uninsured under the House Republicans’ sweeping and draconian health care agenda. Let’s be clear about one thing: there was no electoral “mandate” to cut healthcare programs. No one campaigned on getting rid of your health insurance or on driving up the costs of your health insurance so you end up paying more. So why, then, are these items in the Republican budget bill?
These cuts exist purely for the purpose of helping to pay for massive tax cuts for the wealthy. In other words, this bill would create a massive transfer of wealth from low- and moderate-income people and families, to the wealthiest people and corporations. There is no health policy that can justify these changes.
It is vile, and it is deeply dangerous.
We know that the end result of these cuts to healthcare programs will be that people will live sicker, and they will die younger from preventable conditions. Health insurance is crucial for giving people access to preventive, primary, and specialty care. Early detection and treatment saves lives. Health insurance coverage also helps fund the health care system that we all depend upon. Reducing coverage and creating more uninsured will devastate our healthcare systems.
Senator Jodi Ernst (R-Iowa) spoke the quiet part out loud when she expressed callous disregard for the impacts of this bill. At a rare Town Hall meeting in Iowa, when confronted by frightened constituents who fear that the Medicaid cuts could be fatal, Senator Ernst made light of her constituents’ concerns by saying “we are all going to die.” This callous and glib response is the sort of answer one might expect from a psychopath, and indicates that she does not care about quality of life for those who will suffer. Shame on her. Unfortunately, Sen. Ernst is clearly not the only member of Congress who has this attitude. In fact, this attitude of cruelty and disinterest is reflected in the House Republicans’ budget bill and their priorities for funding cuts and tax breaks.
Below is information about some of the provisions of this dangerous budget bill, and what’s next in the process and how you can help.