Zach Morris
@zacharyamorris.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Social Welfare at Stony Brook. Disability policy researcher. Host of The Disability Squeeze podcast. Opinions= mine.
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NEW ARTICLE ALERT!
We’re pleased to contribute to this systematised review on estimating disability-related extra costs, published in The European Journal of Health Economics.
It has been a long time coming, and we’re excited for how useful it will be.
Here: link.springer.com/content/pdf/...
We’re pleased to contribute to this systematised review on estimating disability-related extra costs, published in The European Journal of Health Economics.
It has been a long time coming, and we’re excited for how useful it will be.
Here: link.springer.com/content/pdf/...
November 24, 2025 at 4:07 PM
NEW ARTICLE ALERT!
We’re pleased to contribute to this systematised review on estimating disability-related extra costs, published in The European Journal of Health Economics.
It has been a long time coming, and we’re excited for how useful it will be.
Here: link.springer.com/content/pdf/...
We’re pleased to contribute to this systematised review on estimating disability-related extra costs, published in The European Journal of Health Economics.
It has been a long time coming, and we’re excited for how useful it will be.
Here: link.springer.com/content/pdf/...
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“Social protection should support participation. You don’t get it because you can’t work, you get it so you can.”
Daniel Mont (CIP) in The Disability Squeeze by @zacharyamorris.bsky.social explores the real costs of disability and how inclusive policies can help.
Here: bit.ly/3X52r7j
Daniel Mont (CIP) in The Disability Squeeze by @zacharyamorris.bsky.social explores the real costs of disability and how inclusive policies can help.
Here: bit.ly/3X52r7j
October 31, 2025 at 12:44 PM
“Social protection should support participation. You don’t get it because you can’t work, you get it so you can.”
Daniel Mont (CIP) in The Disability Squeeze by @zacharyamorris.bsky.social explores the real costs of disability and how inclusive policies can help.
Here: bit.ly/3X52r7j
Daniel Mont (CIP) in The Disability Squeeze by @zacharyamorris.bsky.social explores the real costs of disability and how inclusive policies can help.
Here: bit.ly/3X52r7j
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Two parallels here: one is the cancelation of food aid for USAID which was provided by US farmers. The other is the broad attack on SNAP which already means more people will need food banks that Trump is also undermining. It is an assault on our he most vulnerable.
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October 5, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Two parallels here: one is the cancelation of food aid for USAID which was provided by US farmers. The other is the broad attack on SNAP which already means more people will need food banks that Trump is also undermining. It is an assault on our he most vulnerable.
open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
It shouldn’t cost more to live with a disability but it does. Watch this keynote address to learn more about the “disability squeeze” youtu.be/WpYqNCVL8Zw?...
Mia Ives-Rublee Keynote: Disability Squeeze Symposium 2025
YouTube video by Disability Squeeze
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October 3, 2025 at 12:58 AM
It shouldn’t cost more to live with a disability but it does. Watch this keynote address to learn more about the “disability squeeze” youtu.be/WpYqNCVL8Zw?...
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New, from me:
They are trying to shove through the massive reconciliation bill as quickly as possible.
Stepping back, the bill is:
*an assault on the poor to benefit the richest
*an assault on freedom
*an assault on the future
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/how-the-re...
They are trying to shove through the massive reconciliation bill as quickly as possible.
Stepping back, the bill is:
*an assault on the poor to benefit the richest
*an assault on freedom
*an assault on the future
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/how-the-re...
How the reconciliation bill would change America
An assault on the poor, on freedom and the future
donmoynihan.substack.com
June 30, 2025 at 2:39 AM
New, from me:
They are trying to shove through the massive reconciliation bill as quickly as possible.
Stepping back, the bill is:
*an assault on the poor to benefit the richest
*an assault on freedom
*an assault on the future
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/how-the-re...
They are trying to shove through the massive reconciliation bill as quickly as possible.
Stepping back, the bill is:
*an assault on the poor to benefit the richest
*an assault on freedom
*an assault on the future
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/how-the-re...
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The truth is clear — the Senate Republican reconciliation bill will hurt people in every state if enacted. Senators who vote for it are responsible for its impact ⬇️
June 28, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The truth is clear — the Senate Republican reconciliation bill will hurt people in every state if enacted. Senators who vote for it are responsible for its impact ⬇️
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This is a Hall of Fame reader comment on a very reactionary op-ed about Zohran Mamdani's victory that was published in my local paper today.
June 25, 2025 at 7:31 PM
This is a Hall of Fame reader comment on a very reactionary op-ed about Zohran Mamdani's victory that was published in my local paper today.
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Can't help but feel we're living through an increasingly existential war between spectacle and substance with spectacle winning battle after battle after battle.
May 27, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Can't help but feel we're living through an increasingly existential war between spectacle and substance with spectacle winning battle after battle after battle.
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Imagine how massive the tax breaks for billionaires must be when cutting $700B from Medicaid, $500B from Medicare, and $300B in food assistance STILL leaves a $4T deficit.
May 22, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Imagine how massive the tax breaks for billionaires must be when cutting $700B from Medicaid, $500B from Medicare, and $300B in food assistance STILL leaves a $4T deficit.
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Today comes the first, but almost certainly not the last, GAO opinion finding an Impoundment Control Act violation by the Trump Administration. www.gao.gov/products/b-3...
U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration—Application of the Impoundment Control Act to Memorandum Suspending Approval of State Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Deployment Plans
The National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program is a formula grant program authorized by the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and...
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May 22, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Today comes the first, but almost certainly not the last, GAO opinion finding an Impoundment Control Act violation by the Trump Administration. www.gao.gov/products/b-3...
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This reported SALT deal and accelerated Medicaid cuts would make the bill even more effective at transferring resources from low-income to high-income households.
May 21, 2025 at 1:53 AM
This reported SALT deal and accelerated Medicaid cuts would make the bill even more effective at transferring resources from low-income to high-income households.
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The CBO finds that if the Reconciliation Bill goes through:
-7.6 million people would lose coverage because of Medicaid changes
-1 million would lose it because of changes to the ACA from E&C
-2.1 million would lose it because of changes by Ways and Means
www.cbo.gov/publication/...
-7.6 million people would lose coverage because of Medicaid changes
-1 million would lose it because of changes to the ACA from E&C
-2.1 million would lose it because of changes by Ways and Means
www.cbo.gov/publication/...
Estimated Budgetary Effects of a Bill to Provide for Reconciliation Pursuant to Title II of H. Con. Res. 14, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act
As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Budget on May 18, 2025
www.cbo.gov
May 20, 2025 at 10:34 PM
The CBO finds that if the Reconciliation Bill goes through:
-7.6 million people would lose coverage because of Medicaid changes
-1 million would lose it because of changes to the ACA from E&C
-2.1 million would lose it because of changes by Ways and Means
www.cbo.gov/publication/...
-7.6 million people would lose coverage because of Medicaid changes
-1 million would lose it because of changes to the ACA from E&C
-2.1 million would lose it because of changes by Ways and Means
www.cbo.gov/publication/...
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This Republican budget bill is SO bad. What it would do to health care, to education, while enshrining Trump's abuses of power...
It'd legit be the worst legislation since the Patriot Act era.
PLEASE, call your Rep, whoever they are. Use the link to find out who they are. Tell them to vote no.
It'd legit be the worst legislation since the Patriot Act era.
PLEASE, call your Rep, whoever they are. Use the link to find out who they are. Tell them to vote no.
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May 19, 2025 at 11:24 PM
This Republican budget bill is SO bad. What it would do to health care, to education, while enshrining Trump's abuses of power...
It'd legit be the worst legislation since the Patriot Act era.
PLEASE, call your Rep, whoever they are. Use the link to find out who they are. Tell them to vote no.
It'd legit be the worst legislation since the Patriot Act era.
PLEASE, call your Rep, whoever they are. Use the link to find out who they are. Tell them to vote no.
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Republicans want to add a huge administrative hurdle to a program that keeps millions of Americans out of poverty as a "backdoor cut"
New at Can We Still Govern?
Greg Leiserson is the former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Tax Analysis at the U.S. Treasury.
He explains how the GOP tax bill will add new administrative burdens - "precertification" - to EITC recipients so to limit access. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-gop-pl...
Greg Leiserson is the former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Tax Analysis at the U.S. Treasury.
He explains how the GOP tax bill will add new administrative burdens - "precertification" - to EITC recipients so to limit access. 🧵
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The GOP plan to cut the EITC via administrative burdens
Their tax bill will use new reporting requirements to reduce access
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May 19, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Republicans want to add a huge administrative hurdle to a program that keeps millions of Americans out of poverty as a "backdoor cut"
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This is just not true. The majority view among researchers at this point is that work requirements do not work. There is a reason they do not cite a single study here.
May 15, 2025 at 6:35 PM
This is just not true. The majority view among researchers at this point is that work requirements do not work. There is a reason they do not cite a single study here.
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👇 This is exactly why Schedule F is so destructive.
More here: donmoynihan.substack.com/p/here-is-a-...
More here: donmoynihan.substack.com/p/here-is-a-...
May 14, 2025 at 6:01 PM
👇 This is exactly why Schedule F is so destructive.
More here: donmoynihan.substack.com/p/here-is-a-...
More here: donmoynihan.substack.com/p/here-is-a-...
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By all available evidence work requirements don’t work—instead they basically serve to ensnare eligible recipients and prevent them from getting benefits. www.axios.com/2025/05/13/m...
Why work requirements for Medicaid "don't work"
Work requirements are part of a budget bill from the House GOP that would impose cuts to the program.
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May 13, 2025 at 10:50 AM
By all available evidence work requirements don’t work—instead they basically serve to ensnare eligible recipients and prevent them from getting benefits. www.axios.com/2025/05/13/m...
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Work loss penalties, which are administrative burdens, help no one except greedy tax dodgers. They especially don't help disabled people. I lost my medicaid due to administrative burdens. Many will suffer the same fate. #ProtectMedicaid www.americanprogress.org/article/how-...
May 12, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Work loss penalties, which are administrative burdens, help no one except greedy tax dodgers. They especially don't help disabled people. I lost my medicaid due to administrative burdens. Many will suffer the same fate. #ProtectMedicaid www.americanprogress.org/article/how-...
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Juniors: "so now that test is over we're just doing movies and 🍿 the rest of the way, right?"
Me: 😎
Me: 😎
May 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Juniors: "so now that test is over we're just doing movies and 🍿 the rest of the way, right?"
Me: 😎
Me: 😎
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A report from the scene of a horrifying kidnapping on the streets of Worcester, MA today by @billshaner.bsky.social www.welcometohellworld.com/they-dont-ne...
They don't need a warrant
A federal kidnapping in Worcester
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May 8, 2025 at 10:54 PM
A report from the scene of a horrifying kidnapping on the streets of Worcester, MA today by @billshaner.bsky.social www.welcometohellworld.com/they-dont-ne...
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In one email to Veterans Affairs HQ, doctors in Pennsylvania said a hiring freeze was causing “severe and immediate impacts” and that more than 1,000 veterans would lose access to treatment for cancer, kidney disease and traumatic brain injuries.
Internal VA Emails Reveal How Trump Cuts Jeopardize Veterans’ Care, Including To “Life-Saving Cancer Trials”
Despite a congressional mandate to expand care for veterans, internal Veterans Affairs messages obtained by ProPublica paint a stark portrait of how chaotic cost cutting has already imperiled tests of...
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May 7, 2025 at 1:51 AM
In one email to Veterans Affairs HQ, doctors in Pennsylvania said a hiring freeze was causing “severe and immediate impacts” and that more than 1,000 veterans would lose access to treatment for cancer, kidney disease and traumatic brain injuries.
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Don’t be fooled by the claims in the “skinny budget” that Social Security is being protected.
The Trump Admin is continuing to cut the Social Security Administration and harm the older & disabled people who rely on it to access their benefits. 🧵
The Trump Admin is continuing to cut the Social Security Administration and harm the older & disabled people who rely on it to access their benefits. 🧵
May 2, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Don’t be fooled by the claims in the “skinny budget” that Social Security is being protected.
The Trump Admin is continuing to cut the Social Security Administration and harm the older & disabled people who rely on it to access their benefits. 🧵
The Trump Admin is continuing to cut the Social Security Administration and harm the older & disabled people who rely on it to access their benefits. 🧵
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Good reporting on how policy affects the lives of regular people
“Mr. Rodríguez, we’re going to miss you,” a girl told the teacher after singing.
“I’m going to miss you, too,” he said, fighting back tears of his own.
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“I’m going to miss you, too,” he said, fighting back tears of his own.
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Fearing deportation, a beloved music teacher gives a final lesson
Jesús Rodríguez, a Venezuelan national whose U.S. humanitarian parole status is set to expire soon, decided to voluntarily leave the United States out of worry of being detained.
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May 2, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Good reporting on how policy affects the lives of regular people