Category: Health

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Rob Taishoff: Why Should My Daughter Lose Her Home Care Services Just for Crossing a State Line?

Able Americans, Commentary /
“Families move for jobs, for affordability, for safety, for caregiving and for love. People with disabilities deserve that same freedom — without fear of losing the supports that make independent life possible,” writes Rob Taishoff in a commentary published at The ...
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Recent Medicaid Reforms Will Benefit People With Disabilities

Recent Medicaid Reforms Will Benefit People With Disabilities

Able Americans, Media Mention /
While the left whines about recent Medicaid reforms, Able Americans Director Rachel Barkley is confident that people with disabilities will benefit from the changes. In a recent Fox News story, Rachel outlined the provisions she is excited about: Rachel Barkley, ...
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Horace Cooper: Progressives Forget Their ObamaCare Promises in Shutdown Blame Game

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On an episode of Fox News's "Hannity," Project 21 Chairman Horace Cooper noted that the Left has a selective memory. Horace told guest host Jason Chaffetz and fellow panelists Isabel Brown and Tudor Dixon: One of the beautiful things about ...
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Elinore McCance-Katz and Rachel Barkley: America Urgently Needs Options To Care For Mentally Ill Neighbors

Able Americans, Commentary /
“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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We Must Not Penalize People With Disabilities For Working and Saving

Able Americans /
“My boyfriend and I have talked about marriage a few times, and we’re not going to do it because I would lose my Medicaid, and it would cost us so much money for me to have private insurance.” After a ...
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Black Leaders Praise Junk Food Restrictions in SNAP Assistance Programs

Black Leaders Praise Junk Food Restrictions in SNAP Assistance Programs

Project 21 Commentary /
The ongoing battle to Make America Healthy Again seems to be gaining ground as states line up to remove junk foods from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). While black Americans and minority communities suffer disproportionately from diseases caused by poor dietary ...
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David Ridenour: A Lifelong Battle: Parents Demand Dignified Care for Children with Disabilities

Able Americans, Commentary /
"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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Able Americans Champions Concrete Reforms for Those Living with Disabilities or Mental Illness

Able Americans, Press Release /
Washington, D.C. - Able Americans, a project of the National Center for Public Policy Research, has released two important new reports aimed at improving the lives of Americans living with disabilities or mental illness. In “ABLE Accounts 3.0: Empowering People ...
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Faces of the Disability Crisis: Able Americans Launches New Website and Video Series

Able Americans /
The National Center's Able Americans project -- which is dedicated to supporting Americans living with intellectual, developmental and physical disabilities -- has embarked on an exciting new chapter. Under the leadership of Rachel Barkley, we've launched a bold new look, ...
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Patrina Mosley: We’re All Being Harmed: An Environmental Look at Abortion

Project 21 Commentary /
The abortion pill doesn't just pose a risk to the mom and aborted baby, but also is contaminating our drinking water. In a commentary published at the Sacramento Observer, Project 21 Ambassador Patrina Mosley says: Where are these human remains ...
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