Category: Able Americans Commentary

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ABLE Accounts Are Expanding This Year — and So Is What’s Possible for People with Disabilities

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For too long, our public policy has sent a quiet but devastating message to people with disabilities: Don’t save. Don’t plan. Don’t earn too much — or you’ll lose what you need to survive. ABLE Accounts began to change that ...
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Elinore McCance-Katz and Rachel Barkley: America Urgently Needs Options To Care For Mentally Ill Neighbors

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“The United States has only 18 mental health beds per 100,000 people, far below what is needed to serve people in need,” write Able Americans‘ Elinore McCance-Katz and Rachel Barkley in a commentary published at The Daily Caller. “For individuals with the most severe mental health conditions, ...
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Repeating the Mistakes of the Past is No Way to Reshape Modern Disability Policy

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"People with disabilities are not broken. Our systems are," write Neil Romano and Sara Weir Rogers in a commentary posted at "Helen: The Journal of Human Exceptionality." They elaborate: The government doesn’t invest in their future, not because the need ...
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David Ridenour: A Lifelong Battle: Parents Demand Dignified Care for Children with Disabilities

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"Unless it touches your life, it’s difficult to realize how many people with disabilities are being harmed by the very programs intended to help them," notes National Center for Public Policy Research Chairman David Ridenour. In a commentary published at The ...
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Rachel Barkley on the ADA’s Promise at 35: A Progress Report and a Call to Action

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On the 35th anniversary of the Americans with Disability Act, Able Americans Director Rachel Barkley reflects on where we are and where we still need to go. Her thoughts and her story are below. This month marks the 35th anniversary ...
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Rachel Barkley: Medicaid Reform Falls Short for People with Disabilities

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"Speaker Johnson’s 'One Big Beautiful Bill' can do more to fix Medicaid for the truly vulnerable — Americans with disabilities," writes Able Americans Director Rachel Barkley in a commentary published at National Review. Rachel shares about the "bureaucratic maze" she ...
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Rachel Barkley: Restore Medicaid’s Intent: Prioritize The Most Vulnerable Over Able-bodied Childless Adults

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Medicaid was designed to care for America's most vulnerable, including those with disabilities, but the advent of ObamaCare changed everything. In a commentary published at The Hill, Able Americans Director Rachel Barkley writes: The Medicaid program changed in 2010 with ...
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Elinore McCance-Katz: Implement Certified Clinic Program To Help Homeless Veterans, Improve National Mental Health

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"The reach of the Veterans Administration Health System is limited and often veterans in need cannot get to a VA health facility," notes Able Americans Senior Fellow Dr. Elinore McCance-Katz in a commentary published at Stars and Stripes. But Dr ...
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Mark Mostert: The Social Security Disability Nightmare

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In a commentary published at The American Thinker, Able Americans Senior Researcher Mark P. Mostert, Ph.D., examines the multitude of problems facing people with disabilities when they try to access their Social Security Insurance (SSI) and Social Security Disability Insurance ...
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Rachel Barkley and Megan Burke: Americans With Disabilities Are at a Breaking Point. Are Politicians Listening?

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"Individuals with disabilities are at higher risk of financial distress, homelessness, food insecurity, unsustainable medical debt, having their children taken away from them and more," write Able Americans Director Rachel Barkley and Petrizzo Group Principal Megan Burke in a commentary published by The Hill. And ...
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