Thread: Latest House GOP reconciliation bill language again makes the draconian #Medicaid cuts harsher. For example, mandatory work requirements now will take effect 12/31/26 instead of 1/1/29 and states have option to implement them earlier (1/x)
Taking them at their word, they want to take #Medicaid from low-income older women most of whom left the workforce to provide caregiving. #ProtectMedicaid
Proud to be part of this effort to protect the Affordable Care Act’s critical preventative health provisions. Thanks to my colleagues at GW Milken Institute School of Public Health for leading this.
BREAKING — States attorneys general lead by @newyorkstateag.bsky.social were just granted a preliminary injunction in their case against DOGE. The team cannot access Treasury Department payment systems or data while the lawsuit proceeds. Major.
Check out my new Health Affairs article with colleague Sara Rosenbaum.
TL:dr—Big cuts to Medicaid hurt everyone, period. Despite representations from Congress otherwise, there is no way to spare people with disabilities, older adults or caregivers. #Medicaid #Disability #Aging #Caregiving
Key quote (IMO)..."Despite promises from members of Congress otherwise, there simply is no way to “carve out” people with disabilities, older adults and their caregivers from the impact of these proposals." Thank you for this warning/primer/call to action.
Read our new Health Affairs article to learn more about what lies ahead for Medicaid in the budget reconciliation process. TL:dr — big cuts to #Medicaid hurt everyone!
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Join us on Weds 2/12 at 12:30 ET for a briefing on the lawsuit challenging the critical disability rights law, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, and new regs. I and other lawyers from @dredf.bsky.social and CPR will explain what’s at stake and how you can help. #Disability #CivilRights #504
Sam - a former HHS General Counsel - lays out key statutory and regulatory problems with the Trump admin’s latest effort to harm US medical research and scientific innovation (by dramatically reducing NIH indirect payments).
Really important data from @kff.org showing how critical #Medicaid is for disabled people (w/ state data for advocates) and that expansion states spend more (not less as the myth does) on traditional Medicaid populations. #SaveMedicaid
In my experience as the head of a federal agency, disabled employees were not only qualified for their jobs (as disability laws require!!) but some of the agency’s best employees. #Disability #Employment
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This is yet another attack on #reproductiverights, especially for low-income families. #Medicaid
The Supreme Court Puts Access To Medicaid Family Planning Care On The Line | Health Affairs https://buff.ly/3WP6lBx CC: @abarkoff.bsky.social @gwpublichealth.bsky.social
NEW: several federal datasets and health surveys came offline on Friday
We @kff.org explain what these data are & how they’re used in interventions to address our nation’s biggest health challenges
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And all actual evidence to date is that the likely cause of the crash is due to understaffing. Talking about disability is baseless and a complete red herring.
Thank you to @washingtonpost.com for the opportunity to be clear that disability laws address discrimination and barriers to employment for disabled people (of which there are so many); unqualified people are not being hired because disability laws. #Disability #Employment
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Why Write About the Illegality of What Trump and Musk are Doing?
My latest newsletter post here:
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We’ve worked too hard to fight disability stereotypes and bias in employment to let baseless claims undermine our work. #Disability
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📣 REMINDER: Residents of CA, DC, MA, NJ, NY, RI & VA still have time to #GetCovered starting Feb. 1st!
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A little piece from me on disability law as a lens through which to view the Grants Pass homelessness litigation, forthcoming in a disability law symposium in the Wayne Law Review: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
As HHS General Counsel from June 2022 to December 2024, I frequently advised CDC on its public health authorities. Here, I argue that it would be unlawful for Trump and Stephen Miller to restrict immigration on the pretext of invoking those authorities.
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This is yet another tragic example of why inclusive disaster planning and response is an absolute must (and required by the law!!!). Without intentional planning, disabled people and older adults again and again get left behind. #InclusiveDisasterResponse #Disability #Aging #ADA #504
The Trump Republican reconciliation bill will be a clear and present danger for disabled people and families. (Just for starters.)
Why Medicaid cuts could be a ‘crisis’ for people with disabilities www.statnews.com/2025/01/06/t... via @statnews.com
Discrimination based on someone's age is so ingrained in society that most of us don't notice it. Yet it affects us all and fighting it not only helps make a better society, it also helps us live longer, healthier lives.
Disabled people shouldn’t make less money just because we’re disabled. Tell the Department of Labor to end subminimum wages! Learn more and take action:
it's dire. another striking disparity: if you fall and break your hand, your insurance has to cover that.
unless it's a prosthetic hand. sorry, service lifetime isn't complete, hope you can afford the 20k+ replacement out of pocket.
it's your hand, you say? to insurance companies it's a gadget.
Medicaid Facts: #Medicaid covers Non-Emergency Medical Transportation (NEMT) so patients can get to/from their medical appointments when they don't have other means. It's particularly critical for people with disabilities and seniors on Medicaid. #healthpolicy
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