Four Videos Show Why Medicaid-Funded Personal Care Services Matter

​​The Affordable Care Act (ACA) expanded Medicaid eligibility for seniors and people with disabilities. These new programs, along with existing Medicaid services provide a critical path to both healthcare and long-term care, including home and community-based services for more than 10 million children and adults over 6 million seniors who have a disability. Medicaid also helps some people with disabilities work and pay taxes.​

Stacey Milbern Transcript (DOCX)

 

Jade Theriault Transcript (DOCX)

 

Nikki Brown-Booker Transcript (DOCX)

 

Alana Theriault Transcript (DOCX)

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Articles from the KFF and the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities:

​Atlantic Documentary: The Disabled Fight for Health Care

This short, hard-hitting report contextualizes the current controversy with other interviews featuring Mary Lou Breslin, Stacey Milbern, Alana Theriault, Tammy Duckworth, Judith Heumann and compelling video of National ADAPT’s protests interspersed with historic footage from the HHS sit-in and DREDF’s The Power of 504 video.

Read The Atlantic Article.