Category Archives: Medicaid

Prepare to Take Action: National Disability Leadership Alliance Calls for Real Medicaid Reform

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Prepare to Take Action: National Disability Leadership Alliance Calls for Real Medicaid Reform [Note:  Not Dead Yet is part of the National Disability Leadership Alliance.  We share a deep concern about proposed Medicaid cuts that threaten both home and community based services and other essential, life sustaining health care services.  This is a critical time … Continue reading Prepare to Take Action: National Disability Leadership Alliance Calls for Real Medicaid Reform →

Letter: Gutting Medicare Will Create Need For “Death Panels”

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It seems like only last week that I was writing that cuts to health care services that millions of Americans depend on would result in people with disabilities of all ages asking for help in killing themselves as they faced increased impoverishment accompanied with a withdrawal of supports that they rely on. Oh – it … Continue reading Letter: Gutting Medicare Will Create Need For “Death Panels” →

Steven Salmon: Wisconsin budget cuts will hurt the disabled

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From today’s edition of the Wisconsin State Journal: Two days before Gov. Scott Walker won election, a gigantic splash rippled across the lagoon of Lake Mendota. Bystanders ran to the lagoon, calling 911 on their cell phones. Seconds later fire trucks and emergency vehicles soared across Northport Drive, sirens blaring. As local television reporters appeared … Continue reading Steven Salmon: Wisconsin budget cuts will hurt the disabled →

ADAPT is in DC! How to Follow the Action(s)

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I really should have posted this over the weekend, but got waylaid by the usual parade of mundane but demanding household tasks that tend to occupy that timeblock. On Saturday, September 19, ADAPT activists from around the country converged on Washington, DC for several days of political advocacy and direct action. Here’s how ADAPT’s September … Continue reading ADAPT is in DC! How to Follow the Action(s) →

NJ: Woman Finds Aneurism + Medicaid = SOL*

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*”SOL” is an acronym. If you don’t know what it stands for, you can look it up. From the Hudson Reporter: After being diagnosed with a medical condition that threatens her life, a Union City woman was forced to spend two critical months searching for a doctor willing to help her. Peggy Albedhady, 47, learned … Continue reading NJ: Woman Finds Aneurism + Medicaid = SOL* →