June 3 -
Salem, Oregon - The Campaign began running a radio spot about the disproportionate cuts to services for seniors and people with disabilities.
With 40 percent cuts to in-home and nursing facility care, the proposed cuts seek to balance the budget on the back of some of Oregon’s most vulnerable. The consequences are too devastating:
- Thousands of seniors and people with disabilities will suffer - from losing their in-home supports to facing reduced quality of care;
- More than 6,000 caregiver and other jobs in Oregon’s long-term care sector will be lost;
- Nearly $200 million of critical federal matching funds will be forfeited; and
- Oregon’s innovative home- and community-based model of long-term care will be further dismantled.
We must find a balanced approach that preserves core services and maintains jobs. Oregon’s seniors and people with disabilities, their families, our communities and economy are depending on it.
Please speak out today. Call 800-711-4539 NOW. Tell your legislator that we can’t afford such drastic cuts, and that Oregon’s seniors and care workers deserve better.
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