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.@POTUS famously said “Show me your budget and I’ll tell you what you value,” and President Biden made it so clear today – he values strong care infrastructure! This budget would be a huge win for the whole care economy 🧵 whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
.@POTUS recognizes the struggles people all over the country face balancing their care responsibilities. These historic investments in #ChildCare #PaidLeave and #AgingAnd DisabilityCare will lower costs for families and build the care infrastructure we desperately need.
1/ @Sen_JoeManchin, while you are blocking @POTUS's agenda and imperiling #BuildBackBetter, you aren't just betraying West Virginians. Here is how you are hurting people in my state (thread):
#VT #vtpoli
#VT #vtpoli
2/ More than 55,000 Vermonters have diabetes. That's thousands of people living in fear they won't be able to buy insulin because there is no cost of insulin cap—a transformative piece of #BuildBackBetter.
3/ The average Vermont family with 2 kids pays 28% of their income on childcare. That's MORE than in WV. #BuildBackBetter would cap that at 7%, saving thousands for working families.
1/ YES!!! My statement on the historic passage of paid family and medical leave and other care priorities in the Build Back Better Act (linked & below).
#paidleave
#paidleaveforall
#BuildBackBetterAct
#Childcare
#HCBS
#CareCantWait
newamerica.org/better-life-la…
#paidleave
#paidleaveforall
#BuildBackBetterAct
#Childcare
#HCBS
#CareCantWait
newamerica.org/better-life-la…
2/ “The United States is one step closer tonight to finally enacting a national paid family and medical leave program so that every working person can care for themselves, a new child or an ill loved one...
3/ Paid leave supports women’s full participation in the labor force. It boosts earnings, mitigates families’ costs, honors the caregiving that happens within our homes, promotes racial and economic justice, and shrinks health disparities....
📢 Body Politic & our research partner @patientled explain President Biden’s announcement yesterday about #LongCovid disability rights in the US, with quick links to federal agency publications on #LongCovid that patients should bookmark. #ADA31
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First, links to publications from federal agencies on #LongCovid yesterday:
- Guidance from DOJ & HHS ada.gov/long_covid_joi…
- For students & educators: www2.ed.gov/about/offices/…
- Employment support @USDOL dol.gov/agencies/odep/…
- @ACLgov resources acl.gov/sites/default/…
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- Guidance from DOJ & HHS ada.gov/long_covid_joi…
- For students & educators: www2.ed.gov/about/offices/…
- Employment support @USDOL dol.gov/agencies/odep/…
- @ACLgov resources acl.gov/sites/default/…
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One of the main takeaways:
awareness for people with #LongCovid who now realize they may be considered disabled under ADA, IDEA, etc. and therefore may be entitled to accommodations & services that make everyday life activities, work, and school more accessible.
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awareness for people with #LongCovid who now realize they may be considered disabled under ADA, IDEA, etc. and therefore may be entitled to accommodations & services that make everyday life activities, work, and school more accessible.
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It’s ironic that @davidaxelrod chose Independence Day to write an op-Ed about why protecting the choices that his family has made is more important than independence for people with disabilities. Also he is just flat wrong about what is in the #BetterCareBetterJobsAct 1/5
It is unfortunate that families like the Axelrods use their power and influence to get in the way of what we actually need, to create choice for people with disabilities, a robust #HCBS system. Creating a system that serves everyone is not the same thing as one size fits all. 2/5
With 1 million people on wait lists for Medicaid HCBS this sort of twisting of truths to defend institutional care is dangerous. I’ve been to where his daughter lives, it’s where families are asked to fundraise tens of thousands of dollars for the spot on the “leafy campus” 3/5
Thread: Today is the 22nd anniversary of the Supreme Court’s landmark #Olmstead decision, which held that states must serve people with disabilities in the community rather than institutions when community-based services can meet their needs. olmsteadrights.org/about-olmstead/
Lawmakers have a historic opportunity to fulfill the promise of #Olmstead to ensure that people with disabilities can live in the community with the supports they need to stay out of institutions.
President Trump and Congressional Republicans rejected Dems’ compromises and instead, President Trump has issued unworkable executive orders that fail to provide relief for workers and families. By failing to enact the HEROES Act, here is some of what POTUS has left behind:
The President wants a $200-$300 weekly cut to a program that has been overwhelmingly successful, keeping millions of families out of poverty. Economic studies have shown there is no evidence that individuals who received the extra $600 benefit were less likely to return to work.
We need #HCBS and nursing home funds - over 62,000 residents and workers have died. 800,000 seniors and people with disabilities are waiting for home and community based services to protect them against COVID-19. After executive orders: still waiting.
Today, I'm asking you to tell your Members of Congress to include #HCBS services in the next COVID relief package. Why? For Michael. 
For Lara.
For Rik.
