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Emotions bubble over at budget hearing on developmental disabilities service cuts The hearing room was packed, but the hearing itself was mostly dry, with legislative anaylsts and Maryland Health Department officials going back and forth on the reasoning and the details of a proposed $150 million cut to the budget for the Developmental Disabilities Administration.That was until Del. Dana Jones (D-Anne Arundel) shared the conversations that she said she kept returning to as she prepared for Thursday’s budget hearing.

Packed hearing, emotional testimony as Maryland families push back on proposed cuts to developmental disabilities services tied to Medicaid waivers. 📣
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#Medicaid #DisabilityRights #StateBudget #HealthPolicy

Same is happening in Colorado!

Plan to cut Medicaid rates for Coloradans with disabilities gets no support from governing board, moves ahead anyway State Medicaid officials said they have authority to continue with the plan through an executive order from Gov. Jared Polis and that they will ask again for board approval

What happened when families convinced the Colorado Medical Services Board of the need for #Medicaid funds for home care of people with #disabilities?The state went ahead with #budgetcuts that "move family caregivers into the same category as host homes caring for up to three people at a time."

The greatest danger to American freedom is a government that ignores the Constitution. - Thomas Jefferson

A plan to cut Medicaid rates for Coloradans with disabilities gets no support from governing board - United States News Beep When it came time for any of the Colorado Medical Services Board members to make a motion, there was only dead silence. 

A plan to cut Medicaid rates for Coloradans with disabilities gets no support from governing board

https://www.newsbeep.com/us/431113/

When it came time for any of the Colorado Medical Services Board members to make a motion, there…

Disabled son of ICE detainee dies after 30 days of hospitalization It had been months since Wael Tarabishi seen his father. The family is calling on ICE to release Maher Tarabishi so he may attend his son's funeral.

there are so many gutting stories, but this one is hitting me extra hard. just imagining wael tarabishi slowly dying without his dad there to care for him because he was jailed by ICE makes me…i don’t have words. this country is disgusting.

In light of what happened to Renee Good, I thought it important to reiterate my grandmother's advice.

What is happening to #America?
We all need to #resist. Judges, courts, sane politicians, #Republicans who are waking up from the #tRump delusion.

This must end.
March, write your congressperson, and most importantly - #VOTE

Cartoon by Mike Luckovich

I can't believe I'm posting this video - but we actually have to have a conversation about the real world implications of America going to war over Greenland.

Let me walk you through it. It doesn't turn out well for us.

I need people to wrap their minds around the fact that here in Minneapolis, ICE broke the window of a vehicle yesterday, pepper sprayed the occupants, and arrested them, and shot another observer in the face today, and OBSERVERS ARE STILL GOING OUT TO PROTECT THEIR NEIGHBORS AT MASSIVE PERSONAL RISK

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George Orwell — 'The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.'

Healthcare is a basic human right.

Republicans refusing to extend ACA subsidies will kill and disable people.

Millions of Americans will no longer be able to afford healthcare.

The US is the only developed country that doesn’t guarantee healthcare for its citizens.

Anyone can become disabled.

Anyone can become chronically ill.

It’s not a choice. It’s not a moral failing. It’s not something you can “try harder” your way out of.

You can be the healthiest person in the world & completely disabled in an instant.

It’s a minority group you can join anytime.

Three-year-old child forced to serve as her own attorney in Tucson immigration court More than a dozen undocumented minors were forced to make their case in front of an immigration judge as the Trump administration ramps up removal proceedings.

There is no sight that more efficiently puts the lie to immigration “court” than the common sight of children “representing themselves.” Children too small to climb into the chair, children in pajamas who don’t know where they are, children not yet old enough to speak.

in the state of colorado a full-time (40hrs) minimum wage job disqualifies you from medicaid by $700 (150%). thats ridiculous

Disabled people deserve healthcare.

Disabled people deserve housing.

Disabled people deserve food.

Disabled people deserve support.

Our ability to work and produce should not determine our value.

Disability is not a moral failing. Most people will experience it someday.

You can’t tell if someone is disabled just by looking at them.

There’s no such thing as the “genuinely disabled”.

You are not entitled to a person’s entire medical history just so you can decide whether to believe them or not.

People are not faking disability, most are trying to fake being well.

“Even worse than we thought”: Colorado is stuck in a cycle of annual, $1B state budget shortfalls - The Colorado Sun Each year the cycle continues, state lawmakers will have fewer ways to address the gap without cutting state programs and services. Skyrocketing Medicaid costs are primarily to blame.

"Colorado lawmakers are stuck in a cycle of annual budget shortfalls of roughly $1 billion, predominantly caused by the skyrocketing cost of Medicaid." #boulder

Colorado families, providers push back on Polis' Medicaid cuts for autism services Colorado families and behavioral health providers are pushing back against Gov. Jared Polis’ proposed budget cuts, warning the plan could drastically reduce access to autism therapies and other services for children with developmental disabilities. The governor’s budget proposal for the 2026-27 fiscal year includes reductions to Medicaid reimbursement rates, which Polis says are necessary to curb costs that have grown nearly 9% annually. Without changes, he argues, Medicaid spending could “crowd out everything the state does … no money for roads, no money for public safety.” But families and providers say the cuts would have devastating consequences. “They’re already at

Colorado families, providers push back on Polis’ Medicaid cuts for autism services

https://www.bhnet.org/23263/colorado-families-providers-push-back-on-polis-medicaid-cuts-for-autism-services/

Colorado families and behavioral health providers are pushing back against Gov. Jared Polis’ proposed …

Colorado Medicaid cuts to home caregiver program would put strain on families that ‘are already struggling’ A Colorado Springs mother said the idea that agencies can just hire more caregivers is divorced from the reality on the ground, where nurses have plenty of easier, more lucrative options for work.

Colorado Medicaid cuts to home caregiver program would put strain on families that ‘are already struggling’ trib.al/mIzzRd8

Governor Polis Proposes Medicaid Funding Cuts, Leaving Caregivers Struggling Colorado Governor Polis proposes Medicaid funding cuts for 2026, reducing growth from 11.9% to 5.6%. Caregivers struggle with existing cuts.

Mothers caring for disabled kids face stress as Colorado Medicaid cuts loom, impacting essential care.

This is what disabled adults lose with Medicaid cuts. YouTube video by Mother Jones

Via @MotherJones
This is what #disabled adults lose with #Medicaid cuts.
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A mother and her 15 year old autistic son are reunited after nearly 50 days apart.

Emmanuel Garcia went missing, and rather than check missing person’s reports, Houston PD called ICE.

ICE sent him to the Office of Refugee Resettlement and his mom has been fighting to get him back ever since.

How Medicaid cuts will hurt Colorado families caring for adult children with disabilities Colorado parents caring for adult children with severe developmental disabilities want to know why their pay is being cut

coloradosun.com/2025/11/06/d... THIS IS HAPPENING AND IT IS SO WRONG!!!

How Medicaid cuts will hurt Colorado families caring for adult children with disabilities Colorado parents caring for adult children with severe developmental disabilities want to know why their pay is being cut

coloradosun.com/2025/11/06/d... THIS IS HAPPENING AND IT IS SO WRONG!!!

And it’s only going to get worse

#GOP #Project2025 is their to do list for killing off Americans. Our grandmas, our kids, our everybody

If you don’t believe it you’re not paying attention

#Medicaid gone this year

#Medicare going next year

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Drawing of a small child with no hair, holding an IV pole. They are looking at a ballroom with lots of people dressed up, eating at large round tables. (Trump's Ballroom") .Above the pictures it reads: NO WORDS. IF YOU THINK A GOLDEN BALLROOM IS MORE IMPORTANT THAT CHILDHOOD CANCER RESEARCH ... I HAVE NOTHING LEFT TO SAY TO YOU.

Or #SNAP #Medicaid #TelehealthVisits on Medicare for #immunocompromised . Research on sexually transmitted diseases such as antibiotic resistant #superGonnarhea ,
100 #ClimateChange, #LGBTHealth #InfectiousDiseases #MaternalMortality #VaccineHesitancy #HIV research & more but yeah build a ballroom.