NAMI NEW JERSEY is joining with Coalition for a Moral Budget
members and supporters to send Governor Corzine and members
of the Legislature e-mails urging them to eliminate all
Medicaid co-pays including those for prescription drugs
from the Fiscal Year 2009 Budget which begins on July 1st.
It is time to remind them that imposition of Medicaid co-pays
will hurt the most vulnerable people in New Jersey. We need
to remind them that people on Medicaid are poor and cannot
afford co-payments for essential health care services.
Take Action! Send an email!
All Medicaid co-pays must be removed from the FY 2009 State
budget to truly give these individuals the coverage they
need, to prevent their health from deteriorating and to
avoid the resulting high costs, which the State will need
to pay, of emergency room visits and hospitalizations. Remember
that there are co-pays for prescription drugs, non-emergent
use of the emergency room and outpatient hospital visits.
Their financial struggles are even more difficult with the
increasing costs of food, gas and home energy. If these
co-pays are enacted, these individuals will struggle even
more.
Our goal is to flood the email inboxes of Governor Corzine
and Members of the Legislature from now until June 9.
It's easy - use this link to send your email:
http://www.votervoice.net/Groups/FSANJ/Advocacy/?IssueID=14515&SiteID=-1
If this link does not work by clicking on it, cut and paste
it into your web-browser.
Thank you. Together we can eliminate co-pays and help the
most vulnerable in New Jersey!
