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When millions get thrown off Medicaid, when costs go up for folks insured through the Marketplace, those impacts will raise costs and shutter hospitals for all – even if you have private insurance.

The GOP’s megabill is an uncontained disaster.

Almost a trillion $ cut toMedicaid is being debated! It does not strengthen the program! States will get far less $’s than anticipated, putting optional Home & Community Based Services in jeopardy.

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Improving Medicaid Cartoon with texts about improving Medicaid. Can be shared, copy and posted in whole to bring awareness!

Even if you're not on Medicaid, the loss of state funds will impact you! If you ever need home care or community supports, private insurance doesn't cover it, so you will need Medicaid there for yourself!

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Who Are Medicaid Cuts Really For? - Kids Together Inc. SummaryCartoon depicting Medicaid cuts. We encourage you to copy, paste, share, print, email and share this cartoon to raise awareness! Please copy in whole without alterations and keep the copyright ...

New cartoon! Feel free to copy, paste, link, print, email, whatever to help share and bring awareness! (Just keep it whole and with copyright)

There is still time to be loud loud loud!

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No cuts to Medicaid!! Graphic with colorful texts and doodles, see the link to read as an outline. Four panels, the first highlights now with waiting list. Highlights fraud and how it’s already detected. The third shows Congress and cuts of 88 billion to the energy and commerce committee. The fourth shows outcomes, with a clipboard and the Grim Reaper, the checklist increased waitlist, abuse, neglect, seclusion, institutionalization, and death.

No Cuts to Medicaid!
Congress passed a budget resolution that will cause drastic cuts. We can't afford to wait till people are harmed. Share on social media, email, mail legislators, disability groups & others!

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How cutting Medicaid would affect long-term care and family caregivers The federal program is the biggest source of money for long-term care for the elderly and disabled. Republican proposals to cut its budget could jeopardize supports family and caregivers rely on.

The federal government's own investigations find only 5% of Medicaid payments are "improper," a term including both fraud & errors, & est. outright fraud adds up to only about $6.5 billion a year. The remaining cutbacks would come from reducing enrollment, curbing services, or paying providers less.

Warning yellow and black sign. Cuts, caps and block grants do not reduce fraud. They reduce benefits!

People with disabilities are not fraud or waste!!

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Test image OPPOSING DIVERSITY - EQUITY - INCLUSION - ACCESSIBILITY OPPOSING DIVERSITY IS SUPPORTING UNIFORMITY, DISCRIMINATION INTOLERANCE OPPOSING INCLUSION EXCLUSION IS SUPPORTING YOU'RE NOT WELCOMED HERE, UNFAIRNESS, REJECTION OF OTHERS OPPOSING EQUITY IS SUPPORTING INEQUITY, DENYING OTHERS OPPORTUNITIES, INJUSTICE OPPOSING ACCESSIBILITY IS SUPPORTING INACCESSIBILITY, BARRIERS KEEPING PEOPLE OUT, UNWELCOMING ENVIRONMENTS * DEIA DOES NOT INVOLVE HIRING QUOTAS, FAVORING CERTAIN GROUPS OVER OTHERS NOR LOWERING STANDARDS OR QUALIFICATIONS!

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility are the opposite of discrimination, favoritism, exclusion and unfairness! DEIA initiatives create welcoming environments that treat all individuals with respect, fairness, kindness and accessibility. It is not about quotas or favorability!

Trump’s Attack on the Department of Education, Explained | ACLU The Trump administration just put millions of students’ education and civil rights at risk by closing key Department of Education offices and firing half of its workforce.

Millions of students’ education and civil rights at put at risk by the closing of key Department of Education offices and firing half of its workforce.

#DOE #disabilities #education #CivilRights #IDEA

Shut it down!!

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Waiting for news of the GOP's Medicaid cuts is like 'staring down the barrel of a shotgun' - Pittsburgh Union Progress Here’s a moral dilemma we should present to every Sunday school class in America: You’re facing pressure from your wealthy boss to provide tax relief for people who can afford fleets of private jets, ...

Excellent article!

Text image, say the words! Diversity. Equity. Inclusion. Accessibility. Treating all people respectfully and providing opportunities for everyone across environments and activities, without favoritism or discrimination. These are values every decent moral person should support! Kids together in http://www.kidstogether.org.

Say the words! Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) initiatives are designed to help people with disabilities have equal opportunities in employment, education, and public life.

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Airlines look to remove consumer protections for travelers who use wheelchairs Trade group for American, Delta, JetBlue, Southwest and United say carriers are mishandling fewer passenger wheelchairs.

Airlines look to remove consumer protections for travelers who use wheelchairs

4 Reasons Why Lawmakers Should Reject Medicaid Per Capita Caps | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Congressional Republicans may seek to drastically cut Medicaid by imposing per capita caps, which would place a hard cap on per-person federal Medicaid spending. At a time when people across America.....

Per capita caps
1️⃣ impose severe cuts that grow even deeper over time,
2️⃣ limit spending to a rate well below growth in health care spending per enrollee
3️⃣ put burden fully on states for unexpected costs.
4️⃣ reduce federal funding to all states

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There is no such thing as painless Medicaid cuts! Doddle emoji of yellow pained face. If actual fraud and waste aren't identified with certainty all recipients will get harmed! Cuts for the sake of cuts kills! Cuts, caps, block grants harm all people with disabilities, veterans pregnant women, children, seniors & rural populations Kids Together, Inc http://www.kidstogether.org'

CBO concluded that under per capita caps, states would reduce the size of their Medicaid programs by lowering payment rates to providers, cutting some optional services, and reducing enrollment. 1/2 of people cut from Medicaid would lose health insurance altogether.

What are people doing?

If you don’t know why your disabled friends are scared right now. You don’t have disabled friends. You just happen to know someone disabled.

Education Dept. workers put on leave after taking diversity training during Trump's 1st term, union says A letter to the affected employees obtained by NBC News said they would continue to receive their full salaries and benefits and wouldn't be required to do any work-related tasks.

The affected workers included a public affairs specialist, civil rights attorneys, program manager analysts, loan regulators and employees working to ensure schools accommodate special needs children with individualized education programs.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Accessibility are essential. Treat others as you would like to be treated.

This is extremely troubling!

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ALL federal agencies are being forced to end (DEIA) Disability, Equity, Inclusion AND Accessibility initiatives. American Sign language interpretation videos are removed from the White House website.

Time to unite and fight!

Home & Community Based Services aren’t entitlements & will be 1st to go for people with disabilities with Medicaid cuts, caps or block grants!

#KidsTogether #Medicaid #MyMedicaidMatters

People with disabilities depend on Medicaid to live in the community, if cut, states are not required to provide home & community based care.

Medicaid at Risk—What Cuts Mean for People with Disabilities—and All of Us Journalists, Medicaid is under unprecedented threat—and the impact will be felt nationwide. This evolving story is about more than health care; it’s about the dignity, independence, and stability for ...

Cuts to Medicaid would be disastrous to 10 million people with disabilities who depend on it for essential services.

Speak out against cuts, caps, block grants, and changes to benefits and eligibility!

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Join Christine Fox and @techmia.bsky.social on January 14 as they take a creative, interactive approach to accessibility through game-based learning.

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