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. ✍️

📺 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.

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

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.

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…

.@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.

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 ⬇️

Here are some important caregiving facts to remember, not only during #BlackHistoryMonth but every single day...🧵 Home care workers are almost 90 percent women, childcare workers are 95 percent women, and care workers overall are disproportionately women of color.

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 🧵

https://twitter.com/igorbobic/status/1626243735351660546

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.

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.

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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

Today, @SenBobCasey & @RepDebDingell reintroduced the Better Care Better Jobs Act, a historic investment that addresses the direct care workforce crisis and invests in services for older adults and disabled people 👏

Here’s why this is important 🧵 The Better Care Better Jobs Act would strengthen and expand access to Home and Community Based Services by extending eligibility to more than 3 million additional people.

Our Statement responding to @GovWhitmer's 2023 State of the State.

“We were pleased to hear Governor Whitmer’s proposal for pre-K for all four-year-olds, building upon the historic early childhood education investments passed last year.

🧵(1/5) "We were also happy to hear how the Governor is standing up for Michigan workers through so many of her proposals. Care work makes all other work possible, & our direct care workforce must not be forgotten in any effort from Lansing to improve the lives of working families. (2/5)

Today, on what would be the 50th Anniversary of #RoeVWade, @aijenpoo shared the following statement:

“Everyone should have the opportunity and means to care and make decisions for themselves, their families and futures. 1/8 No matter what it looks like or the role we play, family is at the heart of what we value most. The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn #RoeVWade has taken away one critical way people can manage their lives, health, and wellbeing. 2/8

This past weekend, Daniel Davis Aston, Derrick Rump, Kelly Loving, Ashley Paugh, and Raymond Green Vance were killed by a hate-filled gunman at a gay and lesbian bar in Colorado Springs. 19 people were injured and yet another queer community in this country is reeling. 1/4 Our hearts are broken. But we also know that words are not enough.

The truth is hundreds of millions of queer and trans people across the country — and the world — feel unsafe in their communities every day. 2/4