Followup on yesterday’s post. The My Medicaid Matters rally is underway. We’ve heard the number of organizational sponsors is over 90 now. In the coming days, I’ll attempt to organize some material and media related to the rally and to ADAPT’s actions prior to the rally in Washington, DC. I’m not sure how they’re doing … Continue reading “My Medicaid Matters” Rally Is Happening NOW – text of NDY speech
In transitioning to full time work for Not Dead Yet, I’m bringing my last fifteen years of independent living and health care advocacy experience. I’ve served on a number of boards and committees related to achieving universal health care, protecting and improving health care access for people with disabilities, and reversing the institutional bias built … Continue reading Threats to Medicaid Are a Not Dead Yet Issue
This week, ADAPT, the national grassroots disability rights group, has been in Washington, DC. Some 500 members of ADAPT – most of whom have significant disabilities – are there to let Congress know that this group of stakeholders knows exactly what’s at stake with current budget proposals, especially the cynical and draconian budget proposal being … Continue reading ADAPT in DC This Week
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)
Elenor Schoen has written a good analysis of the recent efforts of Compassion and Choices (aka “Conflation and Con Jobs”) in several states in the National Catholic Register. I recommend reading the whole article, titled “Selling Assisted Suicide, State by State,” but I’ll share the last part of the article, devoted to disability concerns, as … Continue reading NDY Organizer Bob Liston Quoted in “Selling Assisted Suicide” in National Catholic Register
