08/05/2020
Don’t let Congress forget Home and Community-Based Services in the next coronavirus relief package. Here are some suggested tweets and social media posts:
Did you know Medicaid covers 64 million people? In the midst of a pandemic & the ongoing struggle for civil rights, Medicaid is essential as we pursue health equity.
Home care workers are on the front lines delivering care and services to the most vulnerable. Please support them with additional funding to Medicaid HCBS programs, essential worker pay, access to childcare, and priority PPE.
is public health insurance that covers 1 in 5 (or 70+ million!) people in the US. It’s also the only program that covers the home and community-based services ( ) that people with disabilities rely on.
Medicaid is the only program that covers —that means millions of people with disabilities rely on Medicaid to help them live in their communities.
Medicaid covers the services that direct support professionals provide, helping people with disabilities with personal care, communication, household tasks, building relationships, and navigating the community.
As states face budget crunches cuts to Medicaid hit first and the hardest, because under Federal law, they are considered optional, but there is nothing optional about the services they provide to individuals young and old across the nation who rely on these services each and every day.
Join us and fight for home care patients and caregivers!
I support home care workers on the front lines delivering care and services during the crisis and beyond. You can too![]
