We’re on Capitol Hill today to tell Congress: we need care, not cuts! #SaveMedicaid
“While advocates are calling for more care, we’re here calling for no cuts to care.” Our @NJorwic explains why cuts and work requirements on #Medicaid are unacceptable! #SaveMedicaid
“When you’re talking about a cut that big, the first place it’ll hit are programs like home- and community-based services.” @NJorwic explains how the proposed debt ceiling bill will impact families like hers. We can’t afford to make cuts to aging and disability care services!
We should tax billionaires, NOT make cuts to care! 👏🏽 👏🏽 @4TaxFairness
“A functioning democracy invests in the very programs these extremists are trying to cut” - Mary Novak, @NETWORKLobby.
Naveed Shah from @commondefense explains how these cuts would impact veterans and their families. We all deserve care and cuts— care programs like Medicaid and SNAP are not options!
This is a default for America bill and it’s irresponsible and careless, says @rosadelauro! We can’t let them hold our care hostage in a fight over the debt ceiling. #CareNotCuts
“We have an opportunity to create a national movement.” @rosadelauro is right! We have to put on the pressure and tell our leaders: we won’t accept cuts to care!
“It would be the biggest cut to non-defense programs in this country’s history.” This bill is unacceptable, and we’ll continue to fight for care! 👏🏽@rosadelauro
“What we need is care not cuts, a moral budget. What Speaker McCarthy has put in front of the house is the opposite.” @Voice4HumanNeed
This bill is a bad deal for families and a good deal for the richest corporations, says @mboteach from @nwlc. “Woman and families are not political leverage for a manufactured crisis!” 👏🏽
Lauren Reliford from @Sojourners shares a powerful personal account about what this “war on the poor” is really about and why she’s calling for care not cuts. Work requirements for SNAP and programs like #Medicaid don’t work!
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It’s time for another #GOPDebate! 📺 We’ll be watching the debate in Tuscaloosa tonight to see if they take on the crucial issue of care. Tune in or join us here to follow along! ⬇️
Debate is starting now! Here we go! Follow us along in this thread for our analysis and updates. ✍️
Care for trans people must be protected. The anti-transgender policies and legislation that @RonDeSantis is talking about cause real harm to the transgender community by threatening their basic human rights.
📺 We’re watching tonight’s Republican debate in Miami tonight to see if they take on the crucial issue of care. Tune into NBC at 8PM ET or join us here to follow along! ⬇️
Childcare costs in Florida are skyrocketing, close to $10k on average each year. That’s unacceptable! We need our elected leaders to take action and help working families access care. palmbeachpost.com/story/news/loc…
BREAKING: The House just voted to pass a default plan that will take away health care from millions if they don’t meet a new bureaucratic work requirement. This is unacceptable and the Senate has to stop it. (THREAD👇)
Let’s call it like it is: this Default On America Act is a terrible deal for everyday people and will directly harm millions of families across this country. When the government plays games with things like food, health coverage, and aging and disability care, nobody wins.
This plan puts a false choice in front of us: take care away from families, children, older adults, and disabled people — or force a default that will wreck the economy. We should be investing in care, not making cuts that squeeze families more.
The care crisis is one of the most pressing issues of our time. That's why we’re so excited to have our Creative Care Council members giving voice and visibility to the care support we all need.
Our Creative Care Council will help to change the way our culture and policies value and invest in care for everyone who needs it — like affordable childcare, paid leave, and in-home aging and disability care.
Our council is made up of passionate, creative, and influential people whose voices reach and inspire millions.
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.
.@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.