Medicaid
Eight million people with disabilities rely on Medicaid as their lifeline, and AAPD is fighting to make sure Medicaid is not sacrificed in debt and reduction negotiations.
“If you see Medicaid only in terms of numbers or names of programs, you miss the point. Medicaid touches real people’s lives. It’s about people who contribute to their communities and live the lives all Americans deserve—that’s the strongest argument to preserve Medicaid.”
—AAPD President & CEO Mark Perriello
Actions
AAPD is organizing the disability community to help stop Medicaid cuts.
Click here to get involved.
Click here to learn about America's Supercommittee on Medicaid.
AAPD, along with United Cerebral Palsy, is running radio ads in Iowa and New Hampshire educating listeners about the disastrous effects that Medicaid cuts would have on Americans with disabilities and their families.
Click here to hear the ads and read the transcripts.
AAPD, along with United Cerebral Palsy, brought three families to Washington, D.C. to tell their Medicaid stories to White House officials and legislators on Capitol Hill.
Click here to read more.
The Interfaith Disability Advocacy Coalition (IDAC), convened through AAPD's Interfaith Initiative, sent a letter to legislators urging them to protect Medicaid from drastic cuts and other harmful changes to the program.
Click here to read the letter.
Click here to read the press release.
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