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Social Security Act
Social Security and SSI play a vital role in helping people with disabilities to live independently in the community and meet their basic needs. Many people with disabilities rely on benefits for much of their income. Discussions about Social Security, however, often focus on retirement and seldom address potential effects on people with disabilities in the retirement, disability, and survivor’s programs.
Take Action: Contact your local representative and ask them to support SSI Restoration Act H.R.3824
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HCBS Access Act
“The America Rescue Package made important investments in home and community-based care. But Congress must do more. It must do much more. We must make HCBS a mandatory benefit in Medicaid and expand Medicare to cover more at home, long-term care services.” HCBS are often essential services for people with disabilities on Medicaid to live well in their homes. Yet, there are long waiting lists for services and each state administers HCBS differently. Access was already suboptimal before the pandemic and was worsened dramatically this past year. (D. Dingell and B. Casey, et al)
Take Action: Tell Congress to Pass the Better Care Better Jobs Act, a Historic Investment in Disability Services
American Jobs Act (DSPs)
The Plan aims to allocate $400 billion toward expanding access to quality and affordable home care for elderly and disabled Americans. Specifically, through the creation of new, competitive home-care jobs with stronger wages and benefits, the Plan seeks to dramatically expand caliber care to the hundreds of thousands of Americans left out by the previous system. On its face, the Plan’s investment in home-care garners bipartisan support and from employers and employees alike. Click here for more information.
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