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Caring Majority Rising
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Caring Majority Rising is a political movement of people with disabilities, older adults, family caregivers, and home care workers.
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ALL OUT: JOIN US TO LAUNCH THE CARE NOT CORRUPTION CAMPAIGN.

Albany — 12/10
NYC & Buffalo — 12/11
Virtual — 12/16

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NEW YORKERS NEED CARE NOT CORRUPTION. Join the Campaign Launch. With heart-shaped bullet points: Albany – Wednesday, 12/10, NYC & Buffalo – Thursday, 12/11, Virtual – Tuesday, 12/16. A crowd of a large rally with a banner that says “My Homecare is not a game” NEW YORKERS NEED CARE NOT CORRUPTION. It’s time for Governor Hochul to prioritize people over profit! X: Stop handing billions of OUR Medicaid home care dollars to private equity and private insurance crooks. HearT: Support Fair Pay for Home Care. Heart: Restore choice to the Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program (#SaveCDPAP). Heart: Tax the Rich to invest in our care & prevent Medicaid cuts
November 20, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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Page 5. There goes that supposed $500 million in savings. There’s more bad news on the cost front. New York employs Managed Long Term Care (MLTC) insurance companies who determine the care people get. In written testimony submitted for the August 21 hearing, the MLTC association stated that PPL is demanding payments for customer care that are “often higher” than what they previously paid. Other testimony at the hearing said this will result in over $500 million in reduced profits for the MLTCs, who will inevitably demand more funding from the state. There’s a photo of Caring Majority advocates holding signs that say, “CDPAP workers are essential,” Home Care heroes not insurance profits.” “Stop Insurance Greed! Raises for home care heroes, not insurance CEOs!” Page 6. If New York truly wants to save money while providing fair home care, the profit-based system must be scaled back or eliminated. End the PPL monopoly and bring back the responsible nonprofits that previously ran CDPAP. For even more savings, the Home Care Savings & Reinvestment Act eliminates profit-grabbing middlemen — the MLTC insurance companies that raked in $2.4 billion in profits from 2021-24. Underneath there’s a diagram flow chart showing money being handed from New York State to Private Insurance companies (and then the money flows outwards towards the words “billions pocketed by private insurance companies”). Then, the remaining money goes to home care agencies & fiscal intermediaries, and the remaining money that’s left goes to home care for older & disabled New Yorkers Page 7. Let New York become an example to the rest of the country, by treating healthcare as a public good, not an opportunity for obscene private equity profiteering. According to the industry publication Mergers & Inquisitions, partners in private equity earn, on average, from $1 million to $2 million per year. The CEO of PPL, private equity partner Miki Kapoor, bought his home in Westchester County for $2.3 million in 2013. There are two images. One of older adults carrying a banner that says, “my home care is not a game,” And the other is a screenshot of a caring majority video of a consumer birddogging Miki Kapoor. The title caption says, Home care consumer CALLS OUT PPL’s private equity CEO Miki Kapoor in a room of health care execs. He makes a promise he can’t keep.” Page 8. As Dr. Nina Bakoyiannis, a CDPAP consumer who testified at the August 21 hearing, said: “Some healthcare executive sits on a yacht, while I’m asking to take a shower.” Bold in red letters, underlined: “New York’s Governor, Department of Health and legislators must address this self-created crisis now, or thousands of our fellow citizens will continue to needlessly suffer.” [End of article] Screenshot from the hearing of Dr. Nina Bakoyiannis testifying.
November 13, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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🧵🔥 Brilliant zinger article by Caring Majority advocates @bobbiesackman.bsky.social, @lizzieknock.bsky.social, and Michael Solow addressing why “Gov Hochul, DOH, & legislators must address this self-created [PPL] crisis now, or thousands of our fellow citizens will continue to needlessly suffer.” ⬇️⬇️
Page 1: Title: Spending More for Less: H one Care in New York State. By Elise Nakhnikian, Michael Solow, and Bobbie Sackman (Nov 3 2025). There are two photos. One of a NYT article with the headline: “Questions Arise Over Hiring of firm to run $11 Billion Health Care Program” and a cut-off photo of Commissioner McDonald. The other is a screenshot from the hearing of the DOH Commissioner MacDonald, and there is a caption of him saying, “I have no…no way to know that.” The beginning of the article says: “A turbulent hearing held by the State Senate in August examined mismanagement of the state’s Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program (CDPAP). A private equity-backed corporation, PPL, was brought in early this year to run the popular home care program, replacing hundreds of smaller companies.” Page 2. “But the transition to PPL has been plagued by problems. In a recent survey, 55% of CDPAP workers were not fully paid and 20% of consumers had gone without approved services. There are two lawsuits pending over wage theft. At the hearing, Department of Health Commissioner Dr. James McDonald said the key reason for changing CDPAP was “lowering administrative costs,” claiming the state would save $500 million a year. Yet when asked about those savings, or his department’s supposed oversight, he could not give any answers.” Photos of home care consumers who use wheelchairs and home care workers holding signs that say, “Save CDPAP NOW!” “250,000 Workers Unpaid,” PPL Doesn’t Pay” “Hochul! Our Lives are on the line” Page 3. When CDPAP began 30 years ago, disabled people designed a program that gave them control over who comes into their home to help with intimate tasks. By allowing relatives to become paid caregivers, CDPAP addressed the growing need for home care while helping solve both the shortage of home care workers and the desire of families to give their disabled loved ones care without going broke. It also cost the state less than the home care agencies – New York’s other option for Medicaid-funded care – by cutting administrative overhead because consumers (or their representatives) could direct their own care.” Below there is a photo with the caption “Defending the hard-won CDPAP program (Caring Majority Rising, Albany, 2025)” The photo is of home care consumers blocking escalators in the capital with their wheelchairs, one with her fist in the air. In the foreground, there is a capital police officer. Page 4. Not surprisingly, CDPAP grew in popularity. But instead of celebrating its success in meeting an essential need, the Governor saw an opportunity to make cuts, citing “waste, fraud and abuse” that barely exists as a justification. Enter PPL, a corporation designed to profit off publicly-funded home care. Is PPL, in fact, saving the state taxpayers money? The early evidence is an emphatic no. PPL’s incompetent handling of the transition has led to roughly 80,000 CDPAP consumers fleeing the program, most to sign up with licensed home care agencies. According to testimony at the hearing, based on the Department of Health’s own numbers, that switch will cost taxpayers $550 million more per year. There’s a photo of a home care worker, pointer finger in the air, standing behind hand-painted cardboard flames with signs that say, “Hochul! CDPAP is in flames.” And “Hochul! This is your fault”
November 13, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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🔥WHAT POWER!!!🔥 100+ Caring Majority advocates +
@delgadoforny.bsky.social
discuss the fight to defend care in NY & #SaveCDPAP!

"Caring Majority, thanks for your persistence. That we're handing over CDPAP to private equity is VERY flawed... We must cancel PPL's contract & restore trusted FIs."
October 8, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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CALL TO ACTION! Complete our August PPL survey to tell us how you've been impacted by the transition to PPL! forms.gle/gmXZyzGZWux1...

Past surveys have allowed us to alert electeds just how bad this transition has been. We hope this survey will play the same role @ the 8/21 Senate CDPAP hearing
Cartoon-style speech bubble. Inside, it says, "Calling All consumers, PAs, and Designated Representatives!" Underneath, it says, "Help us track and bring to light issues New Yorkers are facing with PPL! Fill out our August CDPAP survey!" At the bottom is the Caring Majority Rising Logo.
August 6, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Are you a consumer or PA who has been harmed by the transition to PPL?

It's really important that you make your voice heard & submit a written testimony for the State Senate CDPAP hearing! It doesn't need to be long or perfectly written – it just matters that it's personal to you. Instructions ⬇️
CALL TO ACTION! Submit a written testimony for the state senate CDPAP hearing. Instructions in the post below. Two red arrows pointing downwards and the Caring Majority Rising Logo.
July 29, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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PPL puts profit over people, and home care consumers and workers pay the price.

It’s time to end this contract. NOW.

Join us for a virtual rally this Weds @1 to demand that Gov. Hochul terminate PPL’s contract & restore the trusted providers that have kept CDPAP going for years.

RSVP below:
Virtual rally: how many more scandals? How many more lives? End PPL’s contract NOW! Newspaper clippings, taped photos of Governor Hochul and Health Commissioner Jim McDonald. Headlines include, “Worker at Hochul’s hand-picked homecare payment firm allegedly siphons off cash meant for participants,” “PPL president resigns amid troubled Medicaid home care transition,” “News 10NBC Investigates: Caregivers face uphill battle getting health insurance through state’s new PPL program,” and “Lawmakers questions leadership swap at company managing CDPAP home care program.”
July 21, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Come record video testimony with us! It'll be fun 🙂 (and it's a critical part of our strategy to get out the word about the PPL disaster) #SaveCDPAP

RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/zoom-...
July 16, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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New York's home care system is in freefall:

🚨PPL's top executives are jumping ship
🚨Their systems are still broken
🚨Workers aren't getting paid
🚨And now PPL employees are stealing from the NYers they're supposed to serve

Gov Hochul: DO YOUR JOB. Terminate the contract and end the chaos.
July 15, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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Our full statement:
"The Titanic is sinking, and the captains are abandoning ship. The collapse of PPL's executive leadership tells you everything you need to know about the current state of the PPL transition. When a company's CEO, CFO, and President all exit within weeks of each other, that's not a planned turnover - that's a company in freefall. This should be the final wake-up call for Gov. Hochul and DOH Commissioner McDonald to finally terminate this failed contract and restore the trusted local providers who successfully managed this program for decades. This leadership exodus demands answers: were these officials fired for PPL's catastrophic performance in New York? Did they resign rather than face accountability for the crisis they’ve created? The Senate's August 21 hearing must extract these answers from PPL - regardless of who may be left to answer them. Even more alarming is who’s taking control. PPL will now be run directly by the head of Linden Capital, a private equity firm that owns part of the company - a clear signal that cost cutting will drive even more decisions going forward. New Yorkers should brace for more corners cut, more workers left unpaid, and more consumers left without quality care. But no amount of leadership change can fix PPL’s fundamental incompetence. PPL has proven it cannot deliver basic services like paying workers or enrolling consumers - because they only care about the extraction of profits, not providing quality care. That will never change, regardless of who sits in the C-suite. It’s time to hit reverse on this failed contract and finally start demanding real accountability from this train wreck of a company. Every day we delay means more suffering for the hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers PPL continues to abandon."
July 15, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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When it comes to home care, there are 2 paths for legislators to take: #SaveCDPAP or #PPLHell

Pass S1189/A2735 & S7954/A8355 before the end of session! 100,000s of disabled, aging, & home care worker NYers are counting on you to do the right thing!

CALL YOUR REPS: actionnetwork.org/forms/call-y...
June 4, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Happy Friday!

Angela needs PPL to pay her correctly so she can pay her rent. And you need to call your representatives before the weekend so we can pass the #SaveCDPAP Act!

Linked below is a script and legislator lookup tool — this should take 5 mins tops!

actionnetwork.org/forms/call-y...
May 30, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Caring Majority Rising Up! (Music Video WORLD PREMIERE) 🔥🔥🔥 – Caring Majority Team feat. Renee Christian

Please donate to CMR today to fund our advocacy in Albany to pass the #SaveCDPAP Act!

actionnetwork.org/fundraising/...
May 28, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Carol Gray is providing live-saving care for her son. PPL only paid her $3.77 for weeks of labor.

CALL your state reps to pass the #SaveCDPAP Act to save home care in NY and stop the PPL monopoly!

We've made it easy with this call script and legislator lookup:

actionnetwork.org/forms/call-y...
May 27, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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“Since April, my husband and I have had to have constant conversations about what’s going to happen if either one of us as disabled people are put into a facility.” —Erica Glick, Consumer

📣 Call your reps at link below to pass the #SaveCDPAP Act!

spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-...
May 23, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Renee & Larissa here! We're two advocates who rely on the CDPAP program to lead fully independent lives, and we can honestly say there's hope for CDPAP because of Caring Majority's work.

💪 Please consider DONATING to Caring Majority Rising today!

actionnetwork.org/fundraising/...
Donate to Caring Majority Rising. Two home care consumers and Caring Majority Rising organizers, Larissa Martin and Renee Christian. Renee is a young white woman with red hair, uses a wheelchair, smiling, wearing a red Hand in Hand t shirt and Fair Pay for Home Care button. Larissa is a young biracial woman, also uses a wheelchair, glasses, smiling with a thumbs up, wearing a black Caring Majority rising hoodie.
May 15, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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🆘⏳ 17 days left in legislative session to #SaveCDPAP!

TAG and CALL your state representatives to let them know we need them to immediately pass #SaveCDPAP legislation! Time is running out!

Call script & representative lookup linked here!

actionnetwork.org/forms/call-y...
May 13, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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🆘⏳ALL OUT TO ALBANY! WE NEED TO TURN OUT AS MANY NEW YORKERS AS POSSIBLE TO FIGHT FOR LEGISLATION TO #SAVECDPAP! WE MUST STOP THE DEADLY TRANSITION TO PPL!

Please join Team Caring Majority on any (or many!) of these Action Days!!!

RSVP at link below. DM us w/ questions.
May 8, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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Call your state reps to demand intervention immediately and share this newest data with them! You can find a call script at the link here:
May 6, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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🚨PPL Continues to Underpay Home Care Workers, Caring Majority Survey Shows

100,000s of home care workers remain unpaid, forcing families to skip rent, utilities, & even groceries, while care recipients begin experiencing growing health problems

CALL YOUR STATE REPS (BELOW)
May 6, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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🗞️New survey data

No paychecks, unable to afford basic necessities, & left in the dark about promised health benefits—

This crisis threatens to collapse a system that serves 100,000s of older & disabled NYers who rely on CDPAP to maintain their independence & dignity.
May 6, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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BREAKING: As two thirds of home care workers still go UNPAID by PPL, consumer & CDANY board member Jessica De La Rosa calls out @nysdoh.bsky.social Health Commissioner on his deadly hypocrisy.

🔥Watch this powerful vid, then call your state reps & share our latest home care report with them (below)
May 6, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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✊Tomorrow is International Workers’ Day, & we're uniting for a VIRTUAL RALLY on ZOOM to fight for the 100,000s of home care workers & consumers whose lives are in crisis due to Gov Hochul's disastrous CDPAP plan.

We need as many people to show up as possible! Tomorrow eve (Thur, 5/1), 7-8p, Zoom
April 30, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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🧵🚨BREAKING: Nearly HALF of unpaid home care workers face eviction as CDPAP payment crisis enters 3rd week

Governor Hochul and state legislators MUST take immediate emergency action before this payment crisis becomes a homelessness crisis.

@AndreaSCousins @speakercarlheastie.bsky.social
April 29, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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🚨URGENT! 100,000s home care workers have gone w/o pay for WEEKS, causing disabled & aging home care consumers to lose life-saving care. Gov Hochul's cruel CDPAP plan comes at a great human cost.

NYers—call your state legislators & ask them to intervene.

actionnetwork.org/forms/call-y...
April 26, 2025 at 3:49 PM