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Disabled | Issues: disability justice, mental health, Medicaid, Medicare
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Opinion | California families face life-or-death health care cuts. Billionaires can afford to pitch in
Medi-Cal faces a $30 million gutting, so unions and advocates want to put a wealth tax targeting billionaires on the ballot.
Medi-Cal faces a $30 million gutting, so unions and advocates want to put a wealth tax targeting billionaires on the ballot.
Opinion | California families face life-or-death health care cuts. Billionaires can afford to pitch in
Medi-Cal faces a $30 million gutting, so unions and advocates want to put a wealth tax targeting billionaires on the ballot.
bit.ly
January 17, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Opinion | California families face life-or-death health care cuts. Billionaires can afford to pitch in
Medi-Cal faces a $30 million gutting, so unions and advocates want to put a wealth tax targeting billionaires on the ballot.
Medi-Cal faces a $30 million gutting, so unions and advocates want to put a wealth tax targeting billionaires on the ballot.
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Health advocates to Newsom: Find new money or let millions lose Medi-Cal coverage
A coalition of progressives is demanding that California raise taxes to save Medi-Cal coverage for low-income residents after Trump cuts.
A coalition of progressives is demanding that California raise taxes to save Medi-Cal coverage for low-income residents after Trump cuts.
Health advocates to Newsom: Find new money or let millions lose Medi-Cal coverage
A coalition of progressives is demanding that California raise taxes to save Medi-Cal coverage for low-income residents after Trump cuts.
bit.ly
January 16, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Health advocates to Newsom: Find new money or let millions lose Medi-Cal coverage
A coalition of progressives is demanding that California raise taxes to save Medi-Cal coverage for low-income residents after Trump cuts.
A coalition of progressives is demanding that California raise taxes to save Medi-Cal coverage for low-income residents after Trump cuts.
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Why are we doing less for low-income, older, and disabled Americans?
@amberchrist.bsky.social @justiceinaging.org
aginginamerica.news/2026/01/13/m...
@amberchrist.bsky.social @justiceinaging.org
aginginamerica.news/2026/01/13/m...
Minimizing Harm for “Dual Eligibles”
| Mark Swartz | This article was written with the support of a journalism fellowship from the Journalists Network on Generations, the Gerontological Society of America and the NIHCM Foundation. | …
aginginamerica.news
January 13, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Why are we doing less for low-income, older, and disabled Americans?
@amberchrist.bsky.social @justiceinaging.org
aginginamerica.news/2026/01/13/m...
@amberchrist.bsky.social @justiceinaging.org
aginginamerica.news/2026/01/13/m...
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NEW: Our executive director @chrishoene.bsky.social issued the following statement following the release of Governor Newsom's proposed 2026-27 #CABudget.
⚡ Read our full statement here: https://calbudgetcenter.org/news/statement-on-governor-newsoms-2026-27-budget-proposal/
⚡ Read our full statement here: https://calbudgetcenter.org/news/statement-on-governor-newsoms-2026-27-budget-proposal/
January 9, 2026 at 8:24 PM
NEW: Our executive director @chrishoene.bsky.social issued the following statement following the release of Governor Newsom's proposed 2026-27 #CABudget.
⚡ Read our full statement here: https://calbudgetcenter.org/news/statement-on-governor-newsoms-2026-27-budget-proposal/
⚡ Read our full statement here: https://calbudgetcenter.org/news/statement-on-governor-newsoms-2026-27-budget-proposal/
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Looking for the @governor.ca.gov 2026-27 #CABudget proposal?
📚 Access the full summary here: https://ebudget.ca.gov/FullBudgetSummary.pdf
📚 Access the full summary here: https://ebudget.ca.gov/FullBudgetSummary.pdf
ebudget.ca.gov
January 9, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Looking for the @governor.ca.gov 2026-27 #CABudget proposal?
📚 Access the full summary here: https://ebudget.ca.gov/FullBudgetSummary.pdf
📚 Access the full summary here: https://ebudget.ca.gov/FullBudgetSummary.pdf
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Three years after becoming the first in the nation to eliminate Medicaid asset tests, California is reinstating a $130,000 asset limit for most Medi-Cal enrollees.
Here’s what you need to know:
Here’s what you need to know:
Reinstatement of the Medi-Cal Asset Limit: What Advocates Need to Know - Justice in Aging
California is reinstating its Medi-Cal asset limit starting in January 2026. This guide answers FAQs about who will be affected, what assets count, and how to handle "spending down" assets.
justiceinaging.org
November 20, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Three years after becoming the first in the nation to eliminate Medicaid asset tests, California is reinstating a $130,000 asset limit for most Medi-Cal enrollees.
Here’s what you need to know:
Here’s what you need to know:
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Statement on the Legislative Analyst’s Office 2026-27 Fiscal Outlook #CABudget
“Kicking the can down the road won’t solve California’s structural deficit and neither will cutting programs that support vulnerable communities," says @shg29.bsky.social.
calbudgetcenter.org/news/2026-27...
“Kicking the can down the road won’t solve California’s structural deficit and neither will cutting programs that support vulnerable communities," says @shg29.bsky.social.
calbudgetcenter.org/news/2026-27...
Statement on the Legislative Analyst’s Office 2026-27 Fiscal Outlook
Kicking the can down the road won’t solve California’s structural deficit and neither will cutting programs that support vulnerable communities. Policymakers must choose sustainable revenue solutions ...
calbudgetcenter.org
November 19, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Statement on the Legislative Analyst’s Office 2026-27 Fiscal Outlook #CABudget
“Kicking the can down the road won’t solve California’s structural deficit and neither will cutting programs that support vulnerable communities," says @shg29.bsky.social.
calbudgetcenter.org/news/2026-27...
“Kicking the can down the road won’t solve California’s structural deficit and neither will cutting programs that support vulnerable communities," says @shg29.bsky.social.
calbudgetcenter.org/news/2026-27...
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“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”
November 15, 2025 at 6:15 AM
“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”
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Here is a new joint @georgetownccf.bsky.social and Georgetown CHIR brief from me and @sabrinacorlette.bsky.social explaining and analyzing the #Medicaid, CHIP, ACA Marketplace & other health provisions of the recently enacted budget reconciliation law: ccf.georgetown.edu/2025/07/22/m...
Medicaid, CHIP, and Affordable Care Act Marketplace Cuts and Other Health Provisions in the Budget Reconciliation Law, Explained
In partnership with On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed the Congressional Republican budget reconciliation bill into law (H.R. 1 or P.L. 119-21). Earlier, on July 1, 2025, the Senate pass…
ccf.georgetown.edu
July 23, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Here is a new joint @georgetownccf.bsky.social and Georgetown CHIR brief from me and @sabrinacorlette.bsky.social explaining and analyzing the #Medicaid, CHIP, ACA Marketplace & other health provisions of the recently enacted budget reconciliation law: ccf.georgetown.edu/2025/07/22/m...
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OUR WORK IS NOT DONE
Little Lobbyists will keep fighting for medically complex and disabled children in the states.
We will fight to roll back these disastrous cuts to #Medicaid.
We will confront those who voted to take healthcare away from millions of us.
Please support our work ⬇️
Little Lobbyists will keep fighting for medically complex and disabled children in the states.
We will fight to roll back these disastrous cuts to #Medicaid.
We will confront those who voted to take healthcare away from millions of us.
Please support our work ⬇️
Donate to Little Lobbyists Action Network
Show your support with a contribution.
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July 3, 2025 at 9:24 PM
OUR WORK IS NOT DONE
Little Lobbyists will keep fighting for medically complex and disabled children in the states.
We will fight to roll back these disastrous cuts to #Medicaid.
We will confront those who voted to take healthcare away from millions of us.
Please support our work ⬇️
Little Lobbyists will keep fighting for medically complex and disabled children in the states.
We will fight to roll back these disastrous cuts to #Medicaid.
We will confront those who voted to take healthcare away from millions of us.
Please support our work ⬇️
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We visited over two dozen House GOP offices today, here's an exchange that illustrates our impact:
GOP Staffer: We were wondering if you were coming
LL: Oh, you heard we were here?
GOP Staffer: _Everyone_ knows you are here.
GOP Staffer: We were wondering if you were coming
LL: Oh, you heard we were here?
GOP Staffer: _Everyone_ knows you are here.
A special thank you from Xiomara (and her mom, @elenahung.bsky.social) for the love + support
We're not giving up on this fight — we're not giving up on our kids, or anyone's kids. Please keep helping us fundraise for this urgent work by sharing:
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We're not giving up on this fight — we're not giving up on our kids, or anyone's kids. Please keep helping us fundraise for this urgent work by sharing:
secure.actblue.com/donate/littl...
July 3, 2025 at 12:22 AM
We visited over two dozen House GOP offices today, here's an exchange that illustrates our impact:
GOP Staffer: We were wondering if you were coming
LL: Oh, you heard we were here?
GOP Staffer: _Everyone_ knows you are here.
GOP Staffer: We were wondering if you were coming
LL: Oh, you heard we were here?
GOP Staffer: _Everyone_ knows you are here.
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We have @littlelobbyists.com families on the way to Washington DC right now, they'll be on the House-side of the Capitol tomorrow. We're going to make them see us before they vote to kill disabled children.
If you can help cover the costs of this urgent action:
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If you can help cover the costs of this urgent action:
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Show your support with a contribution.
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July 1, 2025 at 7:13 PM
We have @littlelobbyists.com families on the way to Washington DC right now, they'll be on the House-side of the Capitol tomorrow. We're going to make them see us before they vote to kill disabled children.
If you can help cover the costs of this urgent action:
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If you can help cover the costs of this urgent action:
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My daughter relies on Medicaid.
We don't "get" Medicaid.
We don't receive a check from Medicaid.
Medicaid covers her life-saving medical expenses.
Medicaid is health insurance.
Medicaid is health care.
That's what Medicaid is.
And that's why we need our senators to #VoteNo and #ProtectMedicaid.
We don't "get" Medicaid.
We don't receive a check from Medicaid.
Medicaid covers her life-saving medical expenses.
Medicaid is health insurance.
Medicaid is health care.
That's what Medicaid is.
And that's why we need our senators to #VoteNo and #ProtectMedicaid.
July 1, 2025 at 1:40 AM
My daughter relies on Medicaid.
We don't "get" Medicaid.
We don't receive a check from Medicaid.
Medicaid covers her life-saving medical expenses.
Medicaid is health insurance.
Medicaid is health care.
That's what Medicaid is.
And that's why we need our senators to #VoteNo and #ProtectMedicaid.
We don't "get" Medicaid.
We don't receive a check from Medicaid.
Medicaid covers her life-saving medical expenses.
Medicaid is health insurance.
Medicaid is health care.
That's what Medicaid is.
And that's why we need our senators to #VoteNo and #ProtectMedicaid.
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Two years ago today, Xiomara received a kidney from a generous donor and underwent a successful life-saving transplant surgery.
She has survived and thrived because of Medicaid.
Today, every U.S. senator has the power to #VoteNo to #ProtectMedicaid for medically complex disabled kids like mine.
She has survived and thrived because of Medicaid.
Today, every U.S. senator has the power to #VoteNo to #ProtectMedicaid for medically complex disabled kids like mine.
July 1, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Two years ago today, Xiomara received a kidney from a generous donor and underwent a successful life-saving transplant surgery.
She has survived and thrived because of Medicaid.
Today, every U.S. senator has the power to #VoteNo to #ProtectMedicaid for medically complex disabled kids like mine.
She has survived and thrived because of Medicaid.
Today, every U.S. senator has the power to #VoteNo to #ProtectMedicaid for medically complex disabled kids like mine.
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1.3 million Medicare beneficiaries could lose #Medicaid coverage in the House-passed reconciliation bill due to provisions to delay regulations. These changes could increase out-of-pockets costs for low-income Medicare beneficiaries. www.kff.org/medicaid/iss...
Medicaid Changes in House and Senate Reconciliation Bills Would Increase Costs for 1.3 Million Low-Income Medicare Beneficiaries | KFF
On May 22, the House passed a reconciliation bill, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which would partially pay to extend expiring tax cuts by cutting Medicaid. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) esti...
www.kff.org
June 18, 2025 at 11:50 PM
1.3 million Medicare beneficiaries could lose #Medicaid coverage in the House-passed reconciliation bill due to provisions to delay regulations. These changes could increase out-of-pockets costs for low-income Medicare beneficiaries. www.kff.org/medicaid/iss...
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CA legislative leaders announced today that they reached a budget proposal to address the state’s $12 billion expected deficit, leaning heavily on borrowing from other state funds to continue providing social services rather than making the deep cuts Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed. cal.news/4mVcoA1
Lawmakers say no to Newsom’s big social service spending cuts
The governor proposed major cuts to Medi-Cal and other social programs to close a $12 billion deficit. Democrats in the state Legislature are proposing more borrowing to keep those programs afloat.
cal.news
June 9, 2025 at 10:41 PM
CA legislative leaders announced today that they reached a budget proposal to address the state’s $12 billion expected deficit, leaning heavily on borrowing from other state funds to continue providing social services rather than making the deep cuts Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed. cal.news/4mVcoA1
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JUST IN: Our First Look analysis of the @governor.ca.gov's 2025-26 May Revision.
Our take: The revised budget harms vulnerable Californians and misses opportunities to raise revenue and guard against federal threats. #CABudget
⚡ We share more here: calbudgetcenter.org/resources/fi...
Our take: The revised budget harms vulnerable Californians and misses opportunities to raise revenue and guard against federal threats. #CABudget
⚡ We share more here: calbudgetcenter.org/resources/fi...
First Look: Understanding the Governor’s 2025-26 May Revision
The Budget Center breaks down key areas of the governor's May Revision and highlights how the proposal would impact Californians.
calbudgetcenter.org
May 16, 2025 at 9:53 PM
JUST IN: Our First Look analysis of the @governor.ca.gov's 2025-26 May Revision.
Our take: The revised budget harms vulnerable Californians and misses opportunities to raise revenue and guard against federal threats. #CABudget
⚡ We share more here: calbudgetcenter.org/resources/fi...
Our take: The revised budget harms vulnerable Californians and misses opportunities to raise revenue and guard against federal threats. #CABudget
⚡ We share more here: calbudgetcenter.org/resources/fi...
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Californians expect and deserve a bold response from state leaders amid unprecedented federal threats, rising costs, and economic uncertainty.
⚡️ We share more in our latest: calbudgetcenter.org/news/state-l...
⚡️ We share more in our latest: calbudgetcenter.org/news/state-l...
State Leaders Can Avoid Harmful Cuts: Here’s How
Governor Newsom's 2025-26 revised budget proposes significant, harmful cuts on California’s immigrant and low-income communities to address the budget
calbudgetcenter.org
May 20, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Californians expect and deserve a bold response from state leaders amid unprecedented federal threats, rising costs, and economic uncertainty.
⚡️ We share more in our latest: calbudgetcenter.org/news/state-l...
⚡️ We share more in our latest: calbudgetcenter.org/news/state-l...
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As Congress weighs spending cuts and other changes to Medicaid, our latest poll shows three-quarters of MAGA supporters and other Republicans enrolled in Medicaid are worried about the potential impact of federal spending reductions on their families.
on.kff.org/4mPUFd9
on.kff.org/4mPUFd9
June 6, 2025 at 4:40 PM
As Congress weighs spending cuts and other changes to Medicaid, our latest poll shows three-quarters of MAGA supporters and other Republicans enrolled in Medicaid are worried about the potential impact of federal spending reductions on their families.
on.kff.org/4mPUFd9
on.kff.org/4mPUFd9
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My colleagues Andy Schneider & Natalie Lawson show only a handful of provisions in House-passed Republican reconciliation bill can be credibly classified as possibly curbing "fraud, waste and abuse" in #Medicaid but they constitute only 3.2% of gross Medicaid cuts: ccf.georgetown.edu/2025/06/06/f...
Fraud and Abuse Against Medicaid: Rhetoric and Reality in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act
We have not cut Medicaid, and we have not cut SNAP. What we’re doing…is working on fraud, waste, and abuse. And everyone in Louisiana and around the country understands that that’s a responsi…
ccf.georgetown.edu
June 6, 2025 at 6:59 PM
My colleagues Andy Schneider & Natalie Lawson show only a handful of provisions in House-passed Republican reconciliation bill can be credibly classified as possibly curbing "fraud, waste and abuse" in #Medicaid but they constitute only 3.2% of gross Medicaid cuts: ccf.georgetown.edu/2025/06/06/f...
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Updated explainer on each of the #Medicaid and CHIP provisions in the House-passed Republican reconciliation bill incorporating the new CBO cost and coverage estimates: ccf.georgetown.edu/2025/05/27/m...
Medicaid and CHIP Cuts in the House-Passed Reconciliation Bill Explained
Editor’s Note: This report was updated June 4th, 2025 to reflect new estimates from the Congressional Budget Office In the early morning of Thursday, May 22nd, on a 215-214 vote, House Republ…
ccf.georgetown.edu
June 4, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Updated explainer on each of the #Medicaid and CHIP provisions in the House-passed Republican reconciliation bill incorporating the new CBO cost and coverage estimates: ccf.georgetown.edu/2025/05/27/m...
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New CBO estimates of House-passed GOP reconciliation bill find overall bill will increase uninsured by 10.9M in 2034 (with interactions between different parts of bill). #Medicaid cuts account for most of increase, raising uninsured by 7.8M in 2034 (before interactions). www.cbo.gov/publication/...
Estimated Budgetary Effects of H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act
As passed by the House of Representatives on May 22, 2025
www.cbo.gov
June 4, 2025 at 2:25 PM
New CBO estimates of House-passed GOP reconciliation bill find overall bill will increase uninsured by 10.9M in 2034 (with interactions between different parts of bill). #Medicaid cuts account for most of increase, raising uninsured by 7.8M in 2034 (before interactions). www.cbo.gov/publication/...
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Losing Medicaid's financial assistance & the cascading consequences of that loss, is just one of the myriad of ways in which, as @otherrbg.bsky.social states, the reconciliation bill finds "savings built on the backs of seniors and people with disabilities." news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-a...
‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Threatens Medicare, Medicaid Enrollees
Nearly 1.4 million medically fragile, low-income dual Medicare and Medicaid enrollees could find it harder to retain a valuable prescription drug subsidy if the Republican House reconciliation bill be...
news.bloomberglaw.com
June 2, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Losing Medicaid's financial assistance & the cascading consequences of that loss, is just one of the myriad of ways in which, as @otherrbg.bsky.social states, the reconciliation bill finds "savings built on the backs of seniors and people with disabilities." news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-a...
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#Medicaid covers the $185 monthly Medicare Part B premium for more than 10 million seniors and people with disabilities.
This financial lifeline can mean the difference between making ends meet and falling behind on rent.
This financial lifeline can mean the difference between making ends meet and falling behind on rent.
A Cut to Medicaid is a Cut to Medicare - Justice in Aging
Without Medicaid, 12 million Medicare enrollees could not access the care they need.
justiceinaging.org
May 27, 2025 at 11:35 PM
#Medicaid covers the $185 monthly Medicare Part B premium for more than 10 million seniors and people with disabilities.
This financial lifeline can mean the difference between making ends meet and falling behind on rent.
This financial lifeline can mean the difference between making ends meet and falling behind on rent.
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We don't have to wonder how the Medi-Cal asset limit will pan out: we’ve seen it devastate communities for decades.
The $2,000 asset limit—set in 1989, when $2,000 went much farther—forced seniors and people with disabilities to face an impossible choice: live in poverty or lose health care.
The $2,000 asset limit—set in 1989, when $2,000 went much farther—forced seniors and people with disabilities to face an impossible choice: live in poverty or lose health care.
Gov. Newsom proposes 'asset test' for low-income and disabled Medi-Cal applicants. What does that mean?
Gov. Gavin Newsom is proposing reinstating an 'asset test' that would narrow eligibility for low-income seniors and adults with disabilities.
www.latimes.com
June 3, 2025 at 5:30 PM
We don't have to wonder how the Medi-Cal asset limit will pan out: we’ve seen it devastate communities for decades.
The $2,000 asset limit—set in 1989, when $2,000 went much farther—forced seniors and people with disabilities to face an impossible choice: live in poverty or lose health care.
The $2,000 asset limit—set in 1989, when $2,000 went much farther—forced seniors and people with disabilities to face an impossible choice: live in poverty or lose health care.