Calling Congress
Protect Our Care CO Phone Scripts
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Stop Health Care Cuts Script
A sample script is below. You do not need to read all of the talking points and script word for word. Please personalize where you can.
Hi. My name is _____________and I’m a Coloradan who lives in ____. How are you today?
(Move to #1 for Republicans or #2 for Democrats in the House or #3 for Senators)
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1. I am calling to express my anger/frustration/outrage at ____ (Insert Name) vote to pass the biggest cuts to Medicaid in history and make ACA plans unaffordable for tens of thousands of Coloradans. This vote is shameful and will be remembered in the district. You don't pass a bill in the dark of night if you're proud of it. When this package returns from the House, they must vote no and oppose these cuts to Medicaid, the ACA, and social programs. Their vote can protect Coloradans or terminate healthcare for millions, devastate Colorado communities and our economy. These rushed and reckless cuts do nothing to address healthcare costs and will punish people fighting cancer and other serious chronic diseases, gig workers and freelancers, caregivers, and people who get laid off—by terminating their healthcare—which will only make them sicker and less able to work. That's not common sense. These proposed cuts would strip billions of dollars in funding from our state when our state budget already faces a $1 billion shortfall. Colorado's members of Congress should oppose this senseless attack that would gut health care programs and leave millions uninsured.
--Explain why you are against the proposed funding cuts. If you have a healthcare story, share it. If not, choose several of these talking points:
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Continued funding for Medicaid has a massive benefit to Colorado's economy, supporting nearly 1 in 5 jobs in the state and Medicaid expansion alone has generated more than 30,000 jobs and added over $4 billion in economic activity in Colorado.
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These rushed and reckless cuts to Medicaid would terminate healthcare millions of Americans, and threatens the coverage of more than a million Coloradans (1 in 5 Coloradans).
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This plan does nothing to control healthcare costs while they continue to skyrocket, and will would gut Medicaid for seniors, children, veterans, and people with disabilities.
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Making people sicker and making it harder for people to get and stay healthy is the opposite of common sense.
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This proposal resurrects the devastating cuts in coverage and benefits that the American public have already rejected.
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We need health care solutions, not cuts and attacks that make coverage unaffordable, leave millions without the health care they need, and will devastate our economy.
Thank you for your time.​
2. I am calling to thank ____ (Insert Name) for speaking up and supporting Medicaid and the ACA and fighting to oppose the devastating cuts being considered in Congress. Please continue to fight to protect health care for all Coloradans.
Thank you for your time.
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3. I am calling to ask ____ (Insert Name) to speak up now and support Medicaid and the ACA and state clearly their opposition to the devastating cuts being considered in Congress. Please continue to fight to protect health care for all Coloradans.
Thank you for your time.
Phone Numbers for Elected Officials:
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Senators:
Senator John Hickenlooper (D):
Denver (303) 244-1628
DC (202) 224-5941
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Senator Michael Bennet (D):
Denver (303) 455-7600,
DC (202) 224-5852
Representatives:
Representative Lauren Boebert (R):
Eaton (970) 208-0460
DC (202) 225-4761
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Representative Gabe Evans (R):
Greeley (970) 324-2567​
DC (202) 225-5625
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Representative Jeff Hurd (R):
Grand Junction (970) 208-0455​
DC (202) 225-4676
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Representative Jeff Crank (R):
CO Springs (719) 520-0055​
DC (202) 225-4422
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Representative Brittany Pettersen (D):
Lakewood (303) 274-7944
DC (202) 225-2645
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Representative Jason Crow (D):
Aurora (720) 748-7514
DC (202) 225-7882
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Representative Joe Neguse (D):
Boulder (303) 335-1045
DC (202) 225-2161
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Representative Diana DeGette (D):
Denver (303) 844-4988
DC (202) 225-4431
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Governor:
Jared Polis (D): (303) 866-2885
Best Practices:
· Personalize the script, and use your personal story.
· Be Polite
· Keep calls short
· Leave a message if you don’t get through to anyone