We have a new survey for the parents and caregivers of people with disabilities receiving Medicaid who are experiencing Medicaid service cuts. This survey will provide insight into the types of services being cut, and the who (state, non-profit or for-profit) tis making the cuts.
Please take our survey for the parents of children already on Medicaid. This will give us a chance to track how well the different states are following mandatory federal regulations about the care our children are supposed to receive.
Please sign our petition to our members of Congress to stop allowing Medicaid and Medicare to be sold to for-profit companies.

Action Alert: Please lend your voices to support our children and others who have none

By disability mom, on August 17th, 2011%

It’s time for all the disability rights, children’s rights, elder rights, waiting list rights, civil rights and human rights communities to realize that many of the cuts we’re seeing in our Medicaid and Medicare programs aren’t because of budget cuts, but because our state has auctioned off part of its program to a for-profit . . . → Read More: Action Alert: Please lend your voices to support our children and others who have none

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Who will be hurt and who makes out from the Administration's new Medicaid policy?

By disability mom, on June 11th, 2011%

The chair of the health policy department at George Washington University has warned of the potential “spill-over” effect into other state programs run with federal funds if the Supreme Court interprets too widely the Administration-backed policy paper on Medicaid submitted May 26.

So who would be hurt if this happens, and everybody in state . . . → Read More: Who will be hurt and who makes out from the Administration’s new Medicaid policy?

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Could the Administration’s war on Medicaid be the death knell for EPSDT?

By disability mom, on June 9th, 2011%

Our children could lose the right to challenge the medical decisions made by their Medicaid providers if an Administration-backed brief submitted to the Supreme Court is allowed to become policy.

According to a legal analysis published today, the brief asserts “that beneficiaries of Medicaid and other safety net laws should no longer be permitted . . . → Read More: Could the Administration’s war on Medicaid be the death knell for EPSDT?

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Parent Action Alert: Don’t let the Administration turn our kids into second class citizens

By disability mom, on June 6th, 2011%

Our children stand to lose all the federal civil and legal rights gained over the past fifty years if an official Obama Administration “friend of the court” brief to the Supreme Court is not withdrawn.

Filed by Acting Solicitor General Neal K. Katyal on May 26, the amicus brief effectively exempts everyone receiving . . . → Read More: Parent Action Alert: Don’t let the Administration turn our kids into second class citizens

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GAO report cites state lack of accountability for stimulus funds

By disability mom, on April 3rd, 2011%

By Summer Harrison, on September 26th, 2009

A report by the Government Accounting Office released Wednesday raises concerns about states’ use of stimulus funds, citing “internal control deficiencies”. The report notes the “possible risk for the quality and reliability of these data” received from the states.

The three recommendations made in the report all . . . → Read More: GAO report cites state lack of accountability for stimulus funds

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