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.

Survey shows the human toll of for-profit Medicaid cuts

By disability mom, on April 5th, 2011%

The sample is small, but the results are unanimous: All respondents (41) reported being the victim of at least one illegal act by their state Medicaid providers. All nineteen states represented have violated US law, the provisions of The Social Security Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Supreme Court’s Olmstead Decision.

The . . . → Read More: Survey shows the human toll of for-profit Medicaid cuts

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Death by Medicaid: the victims of Olmstead’s failure

By disability mom, on April 4th, 2011%

Politicians, bureaucrats and insurance company executives make decisions about life-saving medical care for people with disabilities every day. When those decisions are based on financial considerations, such as the size of profit made by the company providing the care, Olmstead fails and people may die.

Fourteen year old Mycal Johnston drowned from the . . . → Read More: Death by Medicaid: the victims of Olmstead’s failure

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Idaho takes a swing at the Olmstead Act

By disability mom, on April 3rd, 2011%

By Summer Harrison, on April 22nd, 2009

The big thing in state cuts seems to be aimed at reducing the services that allow kids as well as adults with disabilities on Medicaid to stay in their family homes. Back in 1999, the Supreme Court stated people with disabilities could not be segregated in institutions, . . . → Read More: Idaho takes a swing at the Olmstead Act

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When Olmstead Fails

By disability mom, on April 3rd, 2011%

June 22nd (2010) will mark the eleventh anniversary of the Olmstead Decision, the Supreme Court ruling that said people with disabilities had a civil right not to be locked up in institutions. Last year, President Obama and Secretary Sebelius both issued press releases lauding the achievements of Olmstead’s first decade. How much hoopla will . . . → Read More: When Olmstead Fails

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