.@POTUS famously said “Show me your budget and I’ll tell you what you value,” and President Biden made it so clear today – he values strong care infrastructure! This budget would be a huge win for the whole care economy 🧵 whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
.@POTUS recognizes the struggles people all over the country face balancing their care responsibilities. These historic investments in #ChildCare#PaidLeave and #AgingAnd DisabilityCare will lower costs for families and build the care infrastructure we desperately need.
The budget from @POTUS recognizes that in order to create an equitable economy, we must address the needs of paid and unpaid caregivers. Investments in child care and #HCBS care workers—who are mostly women and women of color—provide family sustaining wages.
.@POTUS’s budget shows it’s possible to reduce the national debt with #FairTaxes, making the wealthy and big corporations pay their fair share, instead of cutting the supports that families and communities need to make ends meet. We know, and the @WhiteHouse knows: #CareCantWait
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BREAKING: Congress JUST introduced a new bill that would mark a historic investment in aging and disability care to END waiting lists.
Here's why the new Home and Community-Based Services Access Act (HAA) is so important 👇🧵
Most older adults and disabled people prefer to receive care in their own homes and communities – but don’t always have the resources for it. And, for the 7 million people who qualify for it under Medicaid, ~1 million are stuck on years-long waiting lists. news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and…
This is where the HAA would come in.
It would expand access to home- and community-based care through Medicaid, allowing families to stay together while loved ones receive the care they need. HAA would also end waiting lists, offering relief for hundreds of thousands of people.
Today was a historic day in the politics of care in Georgia. Care workers and caregivers converged on the Capitol as part of the first-ever Care Can't Wait Georgia advocacy day.
We talked to our representatives about our care stories and priorities. THREAD of our priorities ⬇️
1⃣Georgia’s families need an additional $10 million in funding for home and community-based services in the FY24 budget. Right now there are at least 7,000 Georgians sitting on a waitlist to receive the care that they need and deserve.
Thank you @SenSchumer for speaking out on the importance of protecting Medicaid! As the Senator said, “We must work to protect and strengthen programs like Medicaid, not put them on the chopping block.”👇Here’s why 🧵
1 in 4 people in the U.S. are covered by Medicaid. That includes children, older adults, people with disabilities, pregnant women, and so many more. Stripping Medicaid could remove much-needed health care access for millions of people.
Medicaid keeps families together – keeping disabled children with their parents, older adults with their families, and millions of disabled people in their homes and communities. Most aging and disability care is paid for by Medicaid.
Today, the world will see the footage of Memphis police brutally beating Tyre Nichols to death after an unwarranted traffic stop, 100 yards from his Mother’s house.
This tragedy is a direct result of anti-Black racism and violent policing practices. A thread.
Tyre was a 29-year-old Black man who lived in Memphis and grew up in Sacramento. Tyre was a devoted brother, son, and dad to a 4-year baby boy. He worked at FedEx, lived with Crohn’s disease, and was a skateboarder. Let's remember him living his best life.
We mourn with Tyre’s family and loved ones — and know that it's past time to transform our society so Black communities can live in safety and joy, not fear and pain – and one of the most important pieces of that is tackling the fundamental idea of how police function.
Following today’s reintroduction of the Better Care Better Jobs Act from @SenBobCasey & @RepDebDingell, @aijenpoo shared the following statement:
“The Better Care Better Jobs Act represents a historic investment in a long undervalued and underfunded care industry… 1/8
…and will address waitlists and other barriers that disabled people, older adults and family caregivers face when trying to access the services they need in their homes and communities. 2/8
We cannot expand access to services without addressing the fact that the direct care workforce is in severe crisis with workers who aren’t paid fairly even though they do the vital work of caring for our loved ones. 3/8