Caring Majority Rising

Did the transition to PPL force you out of CDPAP? Add your name! Since PPL took over CDPAP, as many as 150,000 Personal Assistants and 90,000 consumers have left the program. Caring Majority is collecting the names and stories of consumers, workers and family careg...

Have you—or someone you know—been forced out of CDPAP due to the PPL transition?

DOH has gaslit NYers and denied there’s been an exodus from CDPAP despite as many as 150k workers & 90k consumers leaving the program.

Share your story here or call our hotline at (518) 303-2521. Spread the word!

Did the transition to PPL force you out of CDPAP? Add your name! Since PPL took over CDPAP, as many as 150,000 Personal Assistants and 90,000 consumers have left the program. Caring Majority is collecting the names and stories of consumers, workers and family careg...

Have you—or someone you know—been forced out of CDPAP due to the PPL transition?

DOH has gaslit NYers and denied there’s been an exodus from CDPAP despite as many as 150k workers & 90k consumers leaving the program.

Share your story here or call our hotline at (518) 303-2521. Spread the word!

"This is what happens when the government gives into private equity to enrich the already-rich...

Gov Hochul must not impose programs without input from the affected community. And when the affected community cries out and says, "this is not working," she must be responsive as an elected official."

Emails Conflict with Health Commissioner's Testimony on CDPAP - Empire Center for Public Policy The company selected to manage an $11 billion Medicaid home-care program discussed the job in detail with top Health Department officials – and submitted a 46-page takeover plan – two weeks before sta...

These records confirm what we’ve suspected all along: state officials wanted private equity-backed PPL to take over CDPAP from the start.

This is exactly why we need the Home Care Transparency Act in this year’s state budget.

@speakercarlheastie.bsky.social @leaderasc.bsky.social

URGENT: MAKE 2 CALLS FOR CDPAP OVERSIGHT! Majority Leader Stewart-Cousins: (518) 455-2585 Assembly Speaker Heastie: (518) 455-3791 SCRIPT: Hi, my name is ___. I’m a New Yorker and [share relationship to CDPAP, if any]. I’m calling to ask [NAME OF LEGISLATOR] to fight for transparency in the state’s $11 billion contract with private equity-backed PPL. Lawmakers have no information about what has actually happened with the billions of Medicaid dollars paid out to PPL, and there appears to have been little to no oversight. Meanwhile, thousands of workers and consumers are leaving CDPAP due to PPL payment issues and lost care. Senator Comrie and Assemblymember Gonzalez-Rojas introduced a bill (S9142/AXXX) that would create common sense CDPAP transparency measures. We need this language in the budget. We have growing support in the state legislature and we need your help to get this across the finish line. Will the [NAME OF LEGISLATOR] support CDPAP transparency and oversight in this year's state budget?

📢 TAKE ACTION: Pressure continues to grow around our urgent fight for CDPAP transparency in this year's state budget.

Today, we are asking you to make TWO calls between 12-3 PM to the leaders of the state legislature, Senate Majority Leader Stewart-Cousins and Assembly Speaker Heastie

Photo of JFREJ members wearing yellow shirts that say "Abolish Ice, Tax The Rich" and holding signs that say "fund new york" and "transit! housing! tax the rich!" and "cuidadores no corrupcion."

Photo of Cating Majority members holding signs that say "care not corruption" in English and Spanish, and "home care not profits" and "child care! healthcare! tax the rich!"

THOUSANDS of New Yorkers have come to Albany to tell our legislators we need them to #TaxTheRich for universal childcare and fair wages for care workers. @caringmrising.bsky.social @ourtimefornyc.bsky.social

“Come for one, face us all! We will pass New York For All!”

Marching to the Capitol with @ourtimefornyc.bsky.social @thenyic.bsky.social @maketheroadny.bsky.social @socialists.nyc @caringmrising.bsky.social and so many more!

Happy Tax the Rich Day! We are thrilled to be uniting with thousands of New Yorkers today in Albany!

At a time when we’re facing federal Medicaid cuts, especially in the wealthiest state in the nation, we must tax the first wealthiest. We can afford to care for everybody!

State Senate’s bid-rigging probe prompts constitutional amendment Lawmakers want to empower the state Legislature following an investigation into Gov. Kathy Hochul’s changes to a $9 billion Medicaid home care program.

😂 “I don’t believe it,” Senator Rivera [said] of the governor’s claimed savings last week. “Saying that we save $1.2B from the changes to CDPAP is like me saying Salma Hayek is my girlfriend. I’d like it to be true, but until I show up somewhere with her on my arm, it’s not.”

CDPAP shift worsened reimbursement gap for high-need care Legislation has been introduced that would create a $50 million stabilization pool to smooth over those disparities.

"It's time to stop throwing good $$ after bad, and eliminate MLTC in favor of the Home Care Savings & Reinvestment Act so we can focus the $ on person-centered care people need & use instead of insurance company middlemen that takes hundreds of millions out of the system & offers nothing in return."

URGENT: CALL YOUR LEGISLATORS FOR CDPAP OVERSIGHT! Script: Hi, my name is ___. I’m a constituent and [share relationship to CDPAP, if any]. I’m calling to ask [NAME OF LEGISLATOR] to demand oversight over the state’s $11 billion contract with PPL. There has been no public oversight of this contract. Meanwhile, thousands of workers and consumers are leaving CDPAP due to PPL payment issues and lost care. Senator Comrie and Assemblymember Gonzalez-Rojas just introduced a bill - S9142 that would create common sense CDPAP oversight measures. We need this language in the budget. Will the [NAME OF LEGISLATOR] be vocal in conference in support of CDPAP oversight in this year’s state budget? [FOR SENATORS] Will [NAME OF LEGISLATOR] sign on as a co-sponsor to S9142?

📢 Call your legislators for CDPAP oversight!

We are pounding the pavement for CDPAP oversight in this year's state budget and are asking you to make TWO calls between 12-3 PM TODAY to your State Senator & AM!

Script below and contact info for your legislators here: pluralpolicy.com/find-your-le...

"For those who need care, the administrative chaos had real-life consequences. Renee Christian...said she lost almost all her staff during the transition.

"It’s making it so much harder to get the care I need. This care allows me to remain in my home, be a mother to my daughter, run my business."

NYS Comptroller DiNapoli on being "written out" of PPL contract oversight Appearing on CBS6's Power & Politics, NYS Comptroller Tom DiNapoli explained his Office's role, or lack thereof, in the State's procurement of the $1 billion co

"This is one of those, how do I put it, unfortunate situations where we were specifically written out of our normal role to review a program like that."

New Yorkers want to know – why is the $11 billion PPL contract exempt from oversight?

cbs6albany.com/news/power-a...

Clara Calvo smiling and pointing to a photo herself on the poster board as one of the event speakers

Three home care workers, latina women in business causal, smiling and posing by a conference poster board, which says State Senator Gustavo Rivera, Please join us for a panel during the Black, Perto Rican, Hispanic, & Asian caucus 55th annual legislative conference. then in big yellow letters: "Care Not Corruption: Saving Medicaid and Home Care for All New Yorkers. For Patients, not profits."

Home care workers Clara, Vicenta, and Santa are ready to make an impact for home care at caucus weekend :)

#CareNotCorruption

With Senator Rivera

Screenshot POLITICO pro email. HEadline" CDPAP Savings called into question by lawmakers during budget hearing." Subheading: "A consolidation of the popular Medicaid program is projected to save the state $1.2 billion." Gustavo Rivera speaking angry.

“I don’t believe them,” Sen. Health Comm. Chair Rivera told POLITICO. “Regardless of how you feel about the transition, I need to see what these savings are actually like. I don’t believe that these savings were actually achieved, particularly considering these ppl didn’t disappear into the ether."

There is far too much at stake for New York NOT to Tax the Rich!!!! (Who recently got tax breaks from the federal gov’t as Medicaid gets slashed!)

New Yorkers Need Care Not Profits! I just signed a petition: New Yorkers Need Care Not Profits! Join me in signing now!

⭐ The fight continues! If you value defending home care for all people w/ disabilities & older adults, thriving livelihoods for home care workers, and Taxing the Rich to defend Medicaid from federal cuts, sign the #CareNotCorruption petition to join our movement! actionnetwork.org/petitions/ne...

New Yorkers demand a full accounting of every dollar, and a system that prioritizes people over maximizing profits.

Our members will keep fighting for accountable leadership that fights FOR our families, not against them ⬇️

Delgado was clear that New York State should not sell out our home care by handing billions of taxpayer dollars to a private equity company whose sole goal is to deliver profits rather than care. Governor Hochul's CDPAP fiasco is the epitome of poor management and irresponsible government.

🧵 We were proud to endorse @delgadoforny.bsky.social because he took the time to listen to our members - older and disabled New Yorkers, family caregivers and home care workers, and to fight for a New York that provides health care and home care for all.

"What are the main transparency concerns w/ PPL?"

Ilana, NYCM: "Y'know, just basic reporting that you’d want from a $11B contract w/ a company that hasn't done business in NY before, has history of massive wage theft lawsuits & ppl leaving the program, & selects a fraudster insurance provider" 🔥

"What are the main transparency concerns w/ PPL?"

Ilana, NYCM: "Y'know, just basic reporting that you’d want from a $11B contract w/ a company that hasn't done business in NY before, has history of massive wage theft lawsuits & ppl leaving the program, & selects a fraudster insurance provider" 🔥

Rivera: "Where'd you get # that there are 90k less consumers in CDPAP now?"

Ilana, NYCM: "A few sources, incl. the Comm'r's own piece in today’s Empire Report. He said 200k when there were 280k last yr. Btw, just today DOH contradicted itself about CDPAP savings. THIS is why we need oversight."

"My bottom line to you all from our membership—

Protect your constituents who rely on CDPAP for care and secure livelihoods by implementing the common-sense measure in the budget ensuring accountability and transparency for PPL's $11 billion contract. Surely we can all agree on that." –Ilana, NYCM

NOW: After refusing to address concerns about private equity running our home care system, NYSDOH - New York State Health Department Commissioner McDonald runs up the back stairwell after the first leg of the Health Budget Hearing.

What is he hiding? We need oversight of PPL's $11 billion contract!

Paulin asks how many people moved to MLTCs, and DOH says, "That’s a loaded question. They’re still in the Medicaid program."

Disgusting response. Thousands of people w disabilities & older adults having been losing their home care as a result of the CDPAP transition. It's been hell for many of us.

DOH again claims that there has been no exodus from CDPAP, & AM Nikki Lucas asks to see the numbers.

📢This is another lie!! By Commissioner McDonald's own reports, at least 150,000 workers and 90,000 consumers have fled the program. t.co/pFcbfTPgSl

How Fast is New York's Home Care Program Growing? - Fiscal Policy Institute Much recent reporting has focused on the growth of CDPAP in isolation, but this perspective exaggerates home care growth by ignoring the role of agency-model home care, which accounts for 44 percent o...

Rivera: "Do we have safeguards in contract if PPL is sold, with regard to continuation of services?"

Commissioner McDonald: "I want to get back to you on that."

DOH has been saying that a lot today.

How Fast is New York's Home Care Program Growing? - Fiscal Policy Institute Much recent reporting has focused on the growth of CDPAP in isolation, but this perspective exaggerates home care growth by ignoring the role of agency-model home care, which accounts for 44 percent o...

Sen. Rivera: "Individuals didn’t just disappear into the ether. If they transitioned to more expensive LHCSAs, then maybe the savings you’re claiming may not be so accurate?"

DOH claims that LCHSAs aren't necessarily more expensive than CDPAP, but that isn't true.

fiscalpolicy.org/how-fast-is-...

‼️"Do you believe private equity belongs in health care, especially when our Medicaid dollars are involved?"-AM Solages

DOH Commissioner concedes we should be suspicious b/c PE has a profit incentive, "so yes, it's a legitimate concern."

AND YET HE THREW CDPAP TO THE DOGS!!