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Children deserve safety, dignity, and care, not abuse behind closed doors. Pennsylvania must act now to protect youth held in facilities with documented patterns of abuse and harm. Tell Governor Shapiro to act now.
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Don’t worry everyone there’s still money for war

Don’t mind me, I’m just here working on filing my taxes 📝

State Medicaid budgets will decline by $665 billion under new federal law, report finds • Stateline State Medicaid budgets will be reduced by a total of $665 billion over the next decade, after President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act cuts federal investment in the health insurance…

By 2034, Medicaid will have 7.6M fewer enrollees

AZ, IA and NV will see their Medicaid budgets reduced by more than 15%.

CA and NY will see Medicaid budgets drop by $112B and $63B, respectively

Data via @Rand.org

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State Medicaid budgets will decline by $665 billion under new federal law, report finds • Stateline State Medicaid budgets will be reduced by a total of $665 billion over the next decade, after President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act cuts federal investment in the health insurance…

By 2034, Medicaid will have 7.6M fewer enrollees

AZ, IA and NV will see their Medicaid budgets reduced by more than 15%.

CA and NY will see Medicaid budgets drop by $112B and $63B, respectively

Data via @Rand.org

Idaho considers an 'apocalyptic' choice for disabled people and families Difficult budget decisions in a number of states are threatening vital programs for disabled people at home and caregivers in the workforce.

Difficult budget decisions in a number of states are threatening vital programs for disabled people at home and caregivers in the workforce.

This. Exactly this.

They tell us there’s no money for #Medicaid

Yet somehow there is money for war

Why Medicaid matters 👇🏻

5 Key Facts About Children with Special Health Care Needs and Medicaid | KFF Amid debates about proposed cuts to federal Medicaid spending, this brief analyzes key characteristics of children with special health care needs and explores how Medicaid provides them with coverage.

Medicaid provides comprehensive health coverage to about 4 in 10 children nationwide, including over 8 in 10 children in poverty, and is a major source of coverage for children with special health care needs.

#TrumpAffordabilityMeltdown

Families of disabled children frequently struggle to pay medical bills Families of children with disabilities were more likely to worry about expenses and had higher rates of delayed or forgone care due to cost.

Are you better off than you were a year ago?

The answer for you and for many families, especially those with children with complex medical needs and disabilities, is likely NO.

#TrumpAffordabilityMeltdown

Hospitals Fighting Measles Confront a Challenge: Few Doctors Have Seen It Before - KFF Health News As the number of cases grows to about 1,000 in the Carolinas, health care workers who’ve never seen the vaccine-preventable disease can get caught by surprise.

Hospitals Fighting Measles Confront a Challenge: Few Doctors Have Seen It Before

Vance says administration is pausing some Medicaid funding to Minnesota because of fraud concerns Vice President JD Vance says the Trump administration will “temporarily halt” some Medicaid funding to the state of Minnesota over fraud concerns.

Vance says administration is pausing some Medicaid funding to Minnesota because of fraud concerns apnews.com/article/minn...

The state of our union is without Medicaid

It's been an hour and half and Donald Trump hasn't said a single thing about child care.

The #TrumpStateofDelusion:

Part award show

Part rant session

Part scripted show

#TrumpsStateofDelusion

Trump's "RUSTED" Age

Are we sure its gold and not rust?

It's going to be VERY WEIRD when the "lowest, lowest, price for drugs" doesn't arrive by next year's #SOTU

Rep. Al Green was holding a sign that reads "Black People Aren't Apes" at the State of the Union:

Rep. Al Green was holding a sign that reads "Black People Aren't Apes" at the #SOTU:

A "Golden Age" where your premiums doubled, tripled, even quadrupled. Where 750+ hospitals face closure. Where 15 million people are losing coverage. And where billionaires got $1.5 trillion richer. Golden for them. A disaster for you. #SOTU2026

Chicago teen who called for father's release from ICE detention dies of rare cancer Ofelia Torres posted a video on Instagram shortly after her father's arrest to raise awareness about others in similar situations. He was released about two weeks later.

These stories will continue to come up in #TrumpsStateofDelusion

Trump Has Successfully Tanked the American Labor Market The latest weak jobs report is the culmination of Donald Trump’s impulsive approach to economic policymaking.

"Trump Has Successfully Tanked the American Labor Market" Read: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-america-jobs-labor-economy-tariffs-deportation-1235422315/ #Trumpflation #SOTU #TrumpsStateOfDelusion

You didn't get your $2,000 check?!

...us either!

Show us the receipts! Essential costs are skyrocketing—from a 33% spike in coffee prices to soaring health premiums. Despite the Trump Administration claiming this is the "greatest economy ever," the math is not mathing.Show us your receipts! Upload photos of your actual child care, health care, grocery costs, etc. (redacting personal info) to show the reality families are facing.

#TrumpsStateOfDelusion

Share your photos of price tags and bills with #Trumpflation to show the realities families are facing and to push for real solutions. Show us the receipts: https://momsrising.soapboxx.us/question/receipts #SOTU #SOTU2026

Trump promised to lower health care costs.

Here's his record: 🦗🦗🦗

#StateOfTheUnion