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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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You can find the full text at our Substack here: nycaringmajority.substack.com/p/spending-m...
Spending More for Less
Home care in New York State
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November 13, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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Part 2/2
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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Part 3:
—I am one of tens of thousands facing these issues. I call upon the Governor and the NY State legislature to stop this catastrophe before more harm is caused! Save CDPAP NOW. End the PPL monopoly and restore choice to this critical home care program!
July 29, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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Part 2:
—CDPAP has enabled me/my loved one to…[1-2 sentences on value of the program to you, personally]
—The Governor's switch to PPL has failed me in these three ways... [Describe each way in 1-2 sentences, being as specific as possible]
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July 29, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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We also drafted a sample template if anyone needs help getting started:

Part 1:
—My name is [YOUR NAME]. I live in [TOWN/CITY].
—I have been a [Personal Assistant, Consumer, Designated Representative etc] in the Consumer-Directed Personal Assistance Program for the past [X] years.
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July 29, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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Instructions: Submit to steen@nysenate.gov, & CC
paula@caringmajorityrising.org

⭐️ Share how PPL has failed you, personally. Include in submission:
-first/last name
-title (if applicable)
-organization (if applicable)
-address, email, tel #
***Send w the subject line "CDPAP Hearing Testimony."
July 29, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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Hand in Hand and @caringmrising.bsky.social member Julie Farrar participated in the Capital Crawl. In a recent interview with NPR she described the experience. Read the full interview 👇 www.btpm.org/disabilities...
Voices of Disability Pride: 'Your disability is part of that power' says Julie Farrar
This week on Voices of Disability Pride, we feature disability rights activist Julie Farrar. We discuss the importance of mentorship, confidence and connection in self-advocacy and activism.
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July 26, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Virtual Rally: How many more scandals? How many more lies? END PPL'S CONTRACT NOW!
I'm attending an event: Virtual Rally: How many more scandals? How many more lies? END PPL'S CONTRACT NOW!. RSVP here: https://actionnetwork.org/events/virtual-rally-how-many-more-scandals-how-many-mo...
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July 21, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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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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PPL’s C-suite exodus demands answers:

❓Were these officials fired for PPL's catastrophic failures?
❓Did they resign to avoid facing accountability?

The Senate's Aug. 21 hearing w Senators Rivera & @jamesskoufis.bsky.social must get answers - regardless of who may be left to answer them.
July 15, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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Even more worrisome: who’s taking control.

PPL will now be run by a private equity firm that owns part of the company, led by Miki Kapoor.

Expect even more cost cuts, more workers left unpaid and more consumers left without care.
July 15, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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The Titanic is sinking, and the captains are abandoning ship.

But no amount of leadership change can fix the systemic issues at PPL. PPL can’t deliver basic services - because they only care about the extraction of profits, not providing quality care. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...
POLITICO Pro: PPL president resigns amid troubled Medicaid home care transition
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July 15, 2025 at 4:59 PM