Kevin Prindiville
@kevinprindiville.bsky.social
Executive Director @justiceinaging.org
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Some new detail from CBO about the draconian #Medicaid cuts in the budget reconciliation law: 800,000 fewer low-income seniors & people with disabilities on Medicare will be enrolled in the Medicare Savings Programs that help pay for Medicare premiums & cost-sharing: www.cbo.gov/publication/...
October 28, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Some new detail from CBO about the draconian #Medicaid cuts in the budget reconciliation law: 800,000 fewer low-income seniors & people with disabilities on Medicare will be enrolled in the Medicare Savings Programs that help pay for Medicare premiums & cost-sharing: www.cbo.gov/publication/...
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New Census data reveals rising poverty among older adults—over 9 million seniors (15%) live in poverty, with rates higher in communities of color. These aren’t just stats; they’re our parents, grandparents, neighbors, and keepers of our culture, all deserving to age with dignity.
Seniors are the only age group with growing poverty. It could get worse
Seniors are the only age group that saw a rise in poverty in 2024, Census Bureau data show. Without government help, it could get worse, experts say.
www.usatoday.com
September 25, 2025 at 10:56 PM
New Census data reveals rising poverty among older adults—over 9 million seniors (15%) live in poverty, with rates higher in communities of color. These aren’t just stats; they’re our parents, grandparents, neighbors, and keepers of our culture, all deserving to age with dignity.
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On Social Security's 90th anniversary, President Trump repeated a series of lies about the program from the Oval Office. Let's set the record straight. 🧵
August 14, 2025 at 7:37 PM
On Social Security's 90th anniversary, President Trump repeated a series of lies about the program from the Oval Office. Let's set the record straight. 🧵
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Understaffing at state agencies that oversee #NursingHomes puts residents at greater risk of abuse and neglect. And it's a growing problem, as I explain in this NPR piece. The good news: @justiceinaging.org is pursuing a legal strategy to help address it.
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#Elderlaw
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#Elderlaw
A lack of nursing home oversight is a problem for many states
Many state nursing home oversight agencies are understaffed. Advocates for residents say that is increasingly putting people who live in nursing homes at greater risk of abuse and neglect.
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July 17, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Understaffing at state agencies that oversee #NursingHomes puts residents at greater risk of abuse and neglect. And it's a growing problem, as I explain in this NPR piece. The good news: @justiceinaging.org is pursuing a legal strategy to help address it.
www.npr.org/2025/07/15/n...
#Elderlaw
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#Elderlaw
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"Cutting Medicaid, Medicare, and SNAP is morally indefensible under any circumstance, but this budget bill is particularly cruel," said @kevinprindiville.bsky.social.
It endangers not only the lives of today’s older adults but future generations as well.
Read Justice in Aging's full statement:
It endangers not only the lives of today’s older adults but future generations as well.
Read Justice in Aging's full statement:
Justice in Aging's Statement on Final Passage of Budget Bill - Justice in Aging
The bill sets a dangerous precedent that Congress will use Medicaid, Medicare, and SNAP as a piggy bank for billionaires.
justiceinaging.org
July 3, 2025 at 9:27 PM
"Cutting Medicaid, Medicare, and SNAP is morally indefensible under any circumstance, but this budget bill is particularly cruel," said @kevinprindiville.bsky.social.
It endangers not only the lives of today’s older adults but future generations as well.
Read Justice in Aging's full statement:
It endangers not only the lives of today’s older adults but future generations as well.
Read Justice in Aging's full statement:
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@californiaalliance.bsky.social members rallied outside Rep. Valadao's office, demanding he keep his word and vote against devastating cuts to Medicaid.
The clock is ticking: call 202-225-3121 and tell your Representative to vote NO.
🔗: www.bakersfield.com/news/local-l...
The clock is ticking: call 202-225-3121 and tell your Representative to vote NO.
🔗: www.bakersfield.com/news/local-l...
Local lawmakers mum on Senate bill ahead of House vote
Kern County’s lawmakers are declining to comment on the Senate’s passage of the major spending bill until after the U.S. House of Representatives casts its own vote Wednesday.
www.bakersfield.com
July 2, 2025 at 3:10 PM
@californiaalliance.bsky.social members rallied outside Rep. Valadao's office, demanding he keep his word and vote against devastating cuts to Medicaid.
The clock is ticking: call 202-225-3121 and tell your Representative to vote NO.
🔗: www.bakersfield.com/news/local-l...
The clock is ticking: call 202-225-3121 and tell your Representative to vote NO.
🔗: www.bakersfield.com/news/local-l...
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CBO has indicated 900,000 low-income adults aged 55 through 64 will lose food assistance under the expansion of SNAP's harsh work requirement to older adults.
Older workers face employment discrimination & half of low-income adults in this age range face health barriers to work.
Older workers face employment discrimination & half of low-income adults in this age range face health barriers to work.
July 2, 2025 at 1:42 PM
CBO has indicated 900,000 low-income adults aged 55 through 64 will lose food assistance under the expansion of SNAP's harsh work requirement to older adults.
Older workers face employment discrimination & half of low-income adults in this age range face health barriers to work.
Older workers face employment discrimination & half of low-income adults in this age range face health barriers to work.
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The Senate just passed a dangerous and deeply unpopular budget bill that cuts health care and food assistance to pay for tax breaks for billionaires.
@kevinprindiville.bsky.social characterized the bill as "a staggering betrayal of our nation's older adults."
Read our full statement:
@kevinprindiville.bsky.social characterized the bill as "a staggering betrayal of our nation's older adults."
Read our full statement:
Justice in Aging Condemns Senate Vote to Gut Medicaid and SNAP - Justice in Aging
Justice in Aging condemns the Senate's passage of the budget reconciliation bill, which would cut health care and nutrition assistance that older adults,
justiceinaging.org
July 1, 2025 at 6:50 PM
The Senate just passed a dangerous and deeply unpopular budget bill that cuts health care and food assistance to pay for tax breaks for billionaires.
@kevinprindiville.bsky.social characterized the bill as "a staggering betrayal of our nation's older adults."
Read our full statement:
@kevinprindiville.bsky.social characterized the bill as "a staggering betrayal of our nation's older adults."
Read our full statement:
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So states will have no choice but to deeply cut their #Medicaid programs in response and HCBS cuts are often at the top of the list based on past experience (6/x): www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore...
June 28, 2025 at 5:35 PM
So states will have no choice but to deeply cut their #Medicaid programs in response and HCBS cuts are often at the top of the list based on past experience (6/x): www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore...
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One more thread on a new provision in Senate reconciliation bill that Senate GOP will misleadingly tout as expanding access to home- and community-based services for seniors and people with disabilities (section 71123) but in context of the bill, it won't be meaningful (1/x)
June 28, 2025 at 5:24 PM
One more thread on a new provision in Senate reconciliation bill that Senate GOP will misleadingly tout as expanding access to home- and community-based services for seniors and people with disabilities (section 71123) but in context of the bill, it won't be meaningful (1/x)
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Breaking News: Nonviolent protestors arrested today in the US #Senate, chanting #NoCutsToMedicaid, in opposition to the Big #Budget Bill they are seeking to vote on this weekend. #Medicaid
cc: @familiesusa.bsky.social
cc: @familiesusa.bsky.social
June 25, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Breaking News: Nonviolent protestors arrested today in the US #Senate, chanting #NoCutsToMedicaid, in opposition to the Big #Budget Bill they are seeking to vote on this weekend. #Medicaid
cc: @familiesusa.bsky.social
cc: @familiesusa.bsky.social
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🧵 @paidleaveforall.bsky.social Community Change & @caringacross.org just asked men across America how they feel about masculinity, the state of our country, and the family policy solutions they most believe in.
The answer?
The answer?
June 11, 2025 at 9:23 PM
🧵 @paidleaveforall.bsky.social Community Change & @caringacross.org just asked men across America how they feel about masculinity, the state of our country, and the family policy solutions they most believe in.
The answer?
The answer?
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Over a thousand disability + aging organizations signed this letter outlining how harmful cuts to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act will be for disability and aging communities. www.c-c-d.org/fichiers/Sen...
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June 9, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Over a thousand disability + aging organizations signed this letter outlining how harmful cuts to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act will be for disability and aging communities. www.c-c-d.org/fichiers/Sen...
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Medicaid pays for 54% of all long-term care in the U.S.
Without it, families go bankrupt or seniors go without.
This is non-negotiable. #HandsOffMedicaid
Without it, families go bankrupt or seniors go without.
This is non-negotiable. #HandsOffMedicaid
June 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Medicaid pays for 54% of all long-term care in the U.S.
Without it, families go bankrupt or seniors go without.
This is non-negotiable. #HandsOffMedicaid
Without it, families go bankrupt or seniors go without.
This is non-negotiable. #HandsOffMedicaid
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Cost estimate of the House-passed "Big Beautiful Bill" is out
It'd be the largest cut to Medicaid+CHIP and SNAP in history while still increasing deficits by $2.4 trillion due to $3.8 trillion in tax cuts
This'd be the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in a single law in history
It'd be the largest cut to Medicaid+CHIP and SNAP in history while still increasing deficits by $2.4 trillion due to $3.8 trillion in tax cuts
This'd be the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in a single law in history
June 4, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Cost estimate of the House-passed "Big Beautiful Bill" is out
It'd be the largest cut to Medicaid+CHIP and SNAP in history while still increasing deficits by $2.4 trillion due to $3.8 trillion in tax cuts
This'd be the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in a single law in history
It'd be the largest cut to Medicaid+CHIP and SNAP in history while still increasing deficits by $2.4 trillion due to $3.8 trillion in tax cuts
This'd be the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in a single law in history
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As the House bill went to the floor some demanded more cuts to Medicaid.
Based on the new CBO score out today, the largest cut to Medicaid ever went up by c. $75 billion as a result of these changes in the House passed bill.
The draconian Medicaid cuts now 🟰 $863 billion.
Based on the new CBO score out today, the largest cut to Medicaid ever went up by c. $75 billion as a result of these changes in the House passed bill.
The draconian Medicaid cuts now 🟰 $863 billion.
June 4, 2025 at 4:46 PM
As the House bill went to the floor some demanded more cuts to Medicaid.
Based on the new CBO score out today, the largest cut to Medicaid ever went up by c. $75 billion as a result of these changes in the House passed bill.
The draconian Medicaid cuts now 🟰 $863 billion.
Based on the new CBO score out today, the largest cut to Medicaid ever went up by c. $75 billion as a result of these changes in the House passed bill.
The draconian Medicaid cuts now 🟰 $863 billion.
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Medi-Cal, In-Home Supportive Services, and other core programs allow Californians with disabilities to live safely and independently. Cutting these supports is unconscionable.
calbudgetcenter.org/resources/pe...
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People With Disabilities Face Great Harm from Federal and State Budget Cuts
Cuts to Medi-Cal, IHSS, and other essential programs threaten the health, independence, and well-being of Californians with disabilities.
calbudgetcenter.org
June 4, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Medi-Cal, In-Home Supportive Services, and other core programs allow Californians with disabilities to live safely and independently. Cutting these supports is unconscionable.
calbudgetcenter.org/resources/pe...
calbudgetcenter.org/resources/pe...
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Today, the House voted to pass a bill that would make unprecedented cuts to #Medicaid, #Medicare, and SNAP—all to fund tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans.
@kevinprindiville.bsky.social called the vote an “unconscionable” choice to abandon seniors.
Our statement: to.justiceinaging.org/01WlydY
@kevinprindiville.bsky.social called the vote an “unconscionable” choice to abandon seniors.
Our statement: to.justiceinaging.org/01WlydY
May 22, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Today, the House voted to pass a bill that would make unprecedented cuts to #Medicaid, #Medicare, and SNAP—all to fund tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans.
@kevinprindiville.bsky.social called the vote an “unconscionable” choice to abandon seniors.
Our statement: to.justiceinaging.org/01WlydY
@kevinprindiville.bsky.social called the vote an “unconscionable” choice to abandon seniors.
Our statement: to.justiceinaging.org/01WlydY
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Medicare was supposed to be left untouched in the budget reconciliation. But that's not the case. Read more from @nataliekean.bsky.social & Julie Carter on how Medicare enrollees will be harmed. And call your lawmakers - the House is set to vote soon! 866-426-2631 justiceinaging.org/broken-promi...
Broken Promises: Republicans’ Budget Reconciliation Bill Would Cut Medicare - Justice in Aging
The OBBBA takes direct aim at Medicare, gutting eligibility and restricting access to benefits, while also cutting Medicaid in ways that would harm people who are dually eligible for both programs. Fo...
justiceinaging.org
May 22, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Medicare was supposed to be left untouched in the budget reconciliation. But that's not the case. Read more from @nataliekean.bsky.social & Julie Carter on how Medicare enrollees will be harmed. And call your lawmakers - the House is set to vote soon! 866-426-2631 justiceinaging.org/broken-promi...
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My @FamiliesUSA statement on the budget bill that would force millions of Americans to lose coverage and millions more to face higher health costs--in both public and private coverage, including Medicaid, Medicare and the ACA marketplaces.
Read the full statement from @awright2care.bsky.social here: familiesusa.org/press-releas...
Families USA Statement as House Prepares to Force Vote on Budget Bill to Rip Health Care Away From 15 Million Americans - Families USA
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Anthony Wright, executive director of Families USA, released the following statement after House Republicans released their managers amendment and prepare to bring their budget bill...
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May 22, 2025 at 2:30 AM
My @FamiliesUSA statement on the budget bill that would force millions of Americans to lose coverage and millions more to face higher health costs--in both public and private coverage, including Medicaid, Medicare and the ACA marketplaces.
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Thread: Latest House GOP reconciliation bill language again makes the draconian #Medicaid cuts harsher. For example, mandatory work requirements now will take effect 12/31/26 instead of 1/1/29 and states have option to implement them earlier (1/x)
May 22, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Thread: Latest House GOP reconciliation bill language again makes the draconian #Medicaid cuts harsher. For example, mandatory work requirements now will take effect 12/31/26 instead of 1/1/29 and states have option to implement them earlier (1/x)
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House Republicans’ latest changes to the already harmful health provisions of their budget reconciliation bill layer on last minute cuts, swifter coverage losses, more cost increases, and restrictions on care.🧵
www.cbpp.org/research/hea...
www.cbpp.org/research/hea...
By the Numbers: House Bill Takes Health Coverage Away From Millions of People and Raises Families’ Health Care Costs | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
The House reconciliation bill now taking shape would take health coverage away from millions of people and dramatically raise health care costs for millions more.
www.cbpp.org
May 22, 2025 at 2:58 AM
House Republicans’ latest changes to the already harmful health provisions of their budget reconciliation bill layer on last minute cuts, swifter coverage losses, more cost increases, and restrictions on care.🧵
www.cbpp.org/research/hea...
www.cbpp.org/research/hea...
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California is projected to see the largest number of newly uninsured of any state — as high as 1.7 million — and that’s based on the previous, less draconian version, so that number is likely higher.
Can’t believe California House Republicans are gonna eat this bill and its cuts to Medicaid and the ACA — there’s even some extra punitive stuff for CA on provider taxes and penalties for current coverage.
The increased number of uninsured and the budget hit to California will be devastating.
The increased number of uninsured and the budget hit to California will be devastating.
May 22, 2025 at 3:13 AM
California is projected to see the largest number of newly uninsured of any state — as high as 1.7 million — and that’s based on the previous, less draconian version, so that number is likely higher.
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Cannot be said loudly or often enough: the bill House Rs are considering passing tomorrow would rip health insurance and food assistance from millions, leaving the poorest households worse off - to partially pay for tax cuts that most help the richest - while increasing the deficit by trillions.
May 22, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Cannot be said loudly or often enough: the bill House Rs are considering passing tomorrow would rip health insurance and food assistance from millions, leaving the poorest households worse off - to partially pay for tax cuts that most help the richest - while increasing the deficit by trillions.
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The Congressional Budget Office finds that the reconciliation bill would take from the bottom 10% of the income distribution to give to the top 10% by stripping health care coverage and food assistance away. It's morally reprehensible. www.cbo.gov/system/files...
May 21, 2025 at 2:35 AM
The Congressional Budget Office finds that the reconciliation bill would take from the bottom 10% of the income distribution to give to the top 10% by stripping health care coverage and food assistance away. It's morally reprehensible. www.cbo.gov/system/files...