Medicaid. Social Security. Disability Programs. Education. Federal Budget. Join us every Friday from 9-10am to get the latest on Federal funding cuts and federal agency changes that impact people with disabilities.
Register for our next (9-10 AM Friday, December 5th) federal funding webinar (English, Spanish)
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Resources from Last week's webinar
On November 21st we talked about:
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Action (and inaction) at Wisconsin’s state legislature
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Movement on federal 2026 budget bills important to people with disabilities
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Extending the ACA subsidies is looking less likely, what are the other ideas Congress is considering?
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Policy changes the administration is making that impact people with disabilities and families, and continued coverage of impacts of HR 1
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Links to articles included in the presentation
- Increase to special education reimbursement passed in state budget will not result in promised reimbursement rate for schools
- BPDD Statement: Promised increase for special education doesn’t materialize for schools, students
- Bills that make it easier for teachers to take students out of classrooms and require notification of all parents when student is removed clears Assembly (AB 613 and AB 614, BPDD testimony)
- Bills that let hospitals pick a decision-maker that gets broad authority over the person and their money, where they live, and their medical care, without any court oversight has public hearings in state Assembly and advances out of committee in the Senate (SB 578 and AB 598, Coalition memo sent to legislature, BPDD testimony)
- Bills that could impact voting access for people with disabilities have public hearing in Assembly (AB-560 and AB 599, BPDD Press release)
- Survival Coalition Caregiver Survey results
- Shutdown ends, but fallout for states is just beginning
- What’s the (health care) plan? Lots of (old) ideas. (Senate proposal to replace ACA premium subsidies with HSA accounts; Sen Scott proposes Freedom Accounts; Repeal and replace failed, what are lawmakers proposing now?; House pitches health care reform ideas; House bill would move money used to cover out of pocket costs to HSAs; House races Senate to create health care plan)
- “New” Health Care Ideas Republicans have been tried (and haven’t worked) (Bullwark, Blog Post, Politico)
- Social Security scraps plan to limit disability benefits after uproar
- Trump administration launches plan to dismantle Education Department (Washington Post; Politico; New York Times; NPR)
- Trump administration will require SNAP participants to reapply for benefits
- Social Security Data Is Openly Being Shared With DHS to Target Immigrants
- Trump revives policy penalizing immigrants for using safety net programs (Politico, NPR)
- C.D.C. Changes Website to Reflect Kennedy’s Vaccine Skepticism (NYT, Washington Post)
- The cheap health insurance promoted by Trump officials has this catch
- SNAP is back, but millions will soon lose benefits permanently
- North Carolina Parents win a pause on some Medicaid cuts
- New Hampshire close to implementing Medicaid “prove you’re working” requirements
- When The G.O.P. Medicaid Cuts Arrive, These Hospitals Will Be Hit Hardest
- Wisconsin mom of daughter with disabilities fears impact of expected Medicaid cuts