We are Medicaid: Take Action

We are Medicaid: Take Action

Update 7/3/2025:

UPDATE: The bill has been passed as of 7/3 around 2:25pm. We will issue additional information and a statement shortly.

Updated links: Able SC Action Alert to call your lawmaker and send an email
AAPD HUB:Tell your lawmakers to stop the cuts to Medicaid

Medicaid is under threat. The federal government is proposing the single most significant cut to the benefit that supports millions of people in its history. States like South Carolina, where one in three people has a disability, will be hit the hardest.

South Carolina only covers 24.6% of the cost of Medicaid. With Medicaid waiver waitlists of over 40,000 and years-long waits, South Carolina alone cannot afford to cover the cost of our state’s needs. Cuts from the federal government would be devastating to our families. Without Medicaid, these stories would be about strain on the system, devastated families, and mourning and loss. Your lawmaker’s vote can either put disabled folks back in the shadows of institutional halls at a greater cost to taxpayers, or allow our community to continue to thrive, live independently, and contribute to society.

Our Medicaid Stories

Able South Carolina has compiled stories from Medicaid recipients with disabilities across South Carolina. These stories represent the incredible benefit Medicaid brings to our nation: families who can continue to work thanks to respite from Medicaid; young children who can access the essential building blocks needed to develop into independent citizens; aging parents who know their disabled adult children will continue to live at home and never fear their entering a dangerous institution; people with sudden injuries and illnesses that turned their worlds upside down, who continue to thrive and as productive community members; disabled people who have fulfilled their potential thanks to the benefits of Medicaid, who now are giving back to their communities and country. 
Please read through our “look book” to hear directly from your South Carolina neighbors. 

You can take action

Able South Carolina, alongside our national partners, is standing firm in opposition to the spring 2025 budget reconciliation proposal and subsequent bill. This plan poses serious threats to the health, independence, and dignity of millions of Americans with disabilities.

The proposal would eliminate Medicaid protections that have long served as a lifeline for families, veterans, seniors, and working Americans with disabilities by:

  1. Causing an estimated 13.7 million people to lose access to healthcare.
  2. Creating $715 billion in cuts to the healthcare system, accomplished by red tape.
  3. Adding a 10-year federal ban on state and local governments regulating artificial intelligence (AI) systems, which can be used to deny essential benefits and care
  4. Placing a decade-long hold on reforms that improve long-term care facilities.

These actions would reverse decades of bipartisan work to ensure our neighbors can live, work, and thrive in their communities.

  • Cuts would result in the closure of many rural hospitals, making access to healthcare just that much more difficult for our community, who experience barriers to transportation.
  • Red tape proposals like six-month eligibility checks and work requirements may sound like responsible reforms, but evidence shows they don’t reduce fraud—they increase bureaucracy and create unnecessary burdens on honest, hardworking people while shifting resources away from medical care.
  • AI systems can make life-changing decisions without warning or human review. Barring state and local governments from protecting their residents removes federal accountability and threatens our freedom.
  • Adequate staffing and fair pay for care workers are not partisan issues—they’re about safety, respect, and supporting the families who depend on these services. We deserve systems that value life over profit.

At Able South Carolina, we believe in responsible governance that honors human dignity, protects our freedoms, and strengthens our communities. This proposal threatens all three. We call on lawmakers to reject this path and stand up for policies that promote our lives, liberty, and pursuit of happiness. We stand alongside our national partners and urge you to contact your Senators today and tell them that any cuts to Medicaid are unacceptable!

Updated link from our partners at AAPD: Tell your lawmakers to stop the cuts to Medicaid

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