Education Department layoffs illegally burden students with disabilities, advocates say • Wisconsin Examiner Proposed mass layoffs at the U.S. Department of Education have raised alarm among advocates for students with disabilities

Education Department layoffs illegally burden students with disabilities, advocates say. Via Shauneen Miranda reports from the @statesnewsroom.com DC bureau

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Not on Medicaid? Don't get your insurance through the Marketplace? You're still gonna get screwed with all the changes coming down the pike.

Keep calling your members of Congress. Tell them at MINIMUM to extend Marketplace subsidies.

The company we currently get our insurance from has already indicated they are expecting a rate increase of 34% for their marketplace plans in my state for next year. They are raising rates because they are going to lose a bunch of people who will go uninsured because the subsidies will be gone.

This year, the cost for the SAME plan went up $300 a month, so my family is covering that cost (to be very clear, we are in a very privileged position to be able to do this. I am just using this as an example).

Case in point: my family gets insurance through the marketplace because no insurance company will even bid on covering the small-ish organization I work for. So my employer subsidizes coverage for employees (thank goodness). Last year, that subsidy covered the cost of my family's monthly premium.

And the impact won't just be on people who qualify for subsidies - insurance companies are already indicating rate increases that will put others who access insurance through the marketplace out of reach.

I'm glad she and others are telling their stories, because I think a lot of people are going to be really surprised at how widespread and devastating the impact will be.

Sydney is a colleague and I'm so angry about how this is likely to impact her and so many others whose only access to health insurance is because of subsidies.

Focus on the Family Founder James Dobson dies at 89 Conservative Christian leader James Dobson, who founded Focus on the Family and was once called "the nation's most influential evangelical leader," died Thursday.

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Trump's promise to end vote-by-mail is yet another attack on disabled voters The president credits democracy superfan Vladimir Putin with the idea. Yes, really.

I wrote about how Trump's threat to end mail-in voting is just his latest attack on disabled people, some of whom find voting by mail to be much more accessible, at @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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New York NOW | Revisiting Willowbrook | Season 2023 | Episode 40 Discover the shocking story of Willowbrook State School and Geraldo Rivera's exposé.

Our funding is at risk—history cannot repeat itself.

The Protection & Advocacy (P&A) system was born out of outrage after the Willowbrook exposé revealed horrific abuse of people with disabilities.

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Patients, advocates brace for the consequences of cuts to Medicaid • Wisconsin Examiner Advocates say it's still uncertain when major changes to Medicaid from the federal tax cut bill just enacted will take effect.

Wisconsin patients, advocates brace for consequences of Medicaid cuts via @erikgunn.bsky.social wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/07/11/p...

Calls should be directed to Representatives right now, not Senators

It would be nice if you were clear in posting about this that Medicaid does not pay for abortions.

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The Senate is rushing to vote on a bill that would deeply cut Medicaid — putting health care at risk for millions.

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Warnock: If I'm honest, there are days when I have to ask people of my faith tradition as a Christian, are we reading the same book? 

The book I know says I was hungry and you fed me. I was sick, I was in prison and you visited me, I was a stranger and you welcomed me….

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Also, hi from the random person you met a few months ago at Epcot in front of the GWB paintings when it was pouring rain. 🙂 Super excited for your Senate candidacy! Sending all the good vibes from WI.

A reminder that Kamala Harris promised to expand medicare to cover the expenses of long-term stays for the elderly and it made a noise for a day before going back to the media covering Trump's every snit and sneeze.

The image shows a black and white photo of the U.S Capitol. The text reads: "The House has already passed 800 billion in Medicaid cuts. Tell the Senate: we say no."

The "big, beautiful bill" hit a major hurdle yesterday - but they're not stopping.

The House already passed $800 BILLION in Medicaid cuts. Now, the Senate is trying to get them over the finish line.

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