Members of Little Lobbyists, a family-led organization that advocates for children with complex medical needs and disabilities, visited Capitol Hill last week to urge senators to vote against cuts to Medicaid. (Robbie Jeanne)
“The Senate took a rotten bill and made it worse,” said Elena Hung, co-founder and executive director of Little Lobbyists, a national group advocating for kids with disabilities. “The Senate text cuts even more money from Medicaid and will result in even more harm to medically complex and disabled children.”
by Michelle Diament and disabilityscoop
Just weeks after the U.S. House of Representatives approved billions in cuts to Medicaid, the Senate is considering chopping the program even more, a move that advocates say would have dire consequences for people with disabilities.
Senate Republicans unveiled legislation last week detailing sweeping changes to Medicaid that are part of a broader effort to make good on President Donald Trump’s domestic agenda. The measure includes more aggressive changes than the version passed by the House in May.
Both chambers are seeking to impose work requirements on many Medicaid beneficiaries and mandate that states check individuals’ eligibility for the program more frequently, among other changes, but some of the Senate’s requirements would be more stringent. Read on at disabilityscoop…
