AHCA

Cuts to Medicaid… what does that mean to families like ours and maybe yours, and why should you care? Let me share a small bit about our journey. I grew up in the suburbs of Atlanta, graduated from the University of Georgia in 1980 with a degree in Special Education.  Moved back to my home community [...]

I have a strange favor to ask: Stop scrolling and look at my face. Really look at it. Now, as you read the rest of these words, hear my story. Really let yourself hear. At 22 years old, I am a recipient of a Master’s degree from the University of Washington. I am a lover [...]

My daughter Leah was not quite 24 hours old when I overheard the pediatric surgical team discussing her case in the hallway of the neonatal intensive care unit. “Look at her — are we going to do a repair on this tiny baby? No — it will be at least five months before she’s ready.” [...]

In the current healthcare debate, many people seem to think that Medicaid is a handout to able-bodied people who choose not to work. However, around 90 percent of Medicaid dollars go to the elderly, disabled or working people whose income falls below the threshold for Medicaid in their state. Therefore, reduced funding to the program hits [...]

Right now, my boys are sitting at our hand-me-down dining room table playing on computers that educate them during the school year as online students. They are building and designing games on Roblox Studio. Together, they’ve created a group where they assign tasks to members. They pay people to do jobs they haven’t yet learned [...]

Dear Rep. Rodgers, Both of our first born sons have Down syndrome. We are both proud members of the disability community, and advocate tirelessly for our sons. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers with her son, Cole. I agreed with you wholeheartedly when you argued for fewer barriers to employment and independent living for people with cognitive [...]

Right off the bat, I am about to contradict myself here, so please bear with me. I do not like to generalize and put a group of people in a box, because I feel like that is a dangerous way to view the world. However, lately I’ve found myself doing this with the group looking [...]

On Tuesday, the Trump administration shared its budget proposal, “A New Foundation for American Greatness,” which would cut Medicaid by $1.4 trillion over the course of 10 years. Part of the Medicaid cuts would come from the American Health Care Act (AHCA), a bill designed to repeal and replace Obamacare, which, so far, has only been [...]

The Trump Administration recently submitted a new budget proposal. This so-called “Taxpayer First” budget proposes cuts to many social services, including the government’s disability program. So, much in the vein of my previous posts A Response to the Man Who Said: Nobody Dies Because They Don’t Have Access to Health Care and A Good Life…My Response to Mo [...]

President Trump recently got a bill through the House that would change the current health care laws. In short, this law would allow health insurance companies to either hike up costs or deny coverage altogether for an assortment of “preexisting conditions” such as psychiatric disorders, autism, asthma, and pregnancy… just to name a few. That [...]