What Trump’s Medicaid Plan Would Mean for People with Disabilities
President Donald Trump and his allies in Congress are threatening to slash Medicaid—a program on which 15 million people with disabilities rely for basic living standards.
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During his campaign for president, Donald Trump openly mocked people with disabilities. Now, he and his allies in Congress are threatening to slash Medicaid—a program on which 15 million people with disabilities rely for basic living standards. It’s time to tell President Trump and Congress: hands off Medicaid.
Aki Suzuki is a Video Editor at the Center for American Progress. Michael C. Richardson is the Field Outreach and Advocacy Coordinator and Jeremy Slevin is the Associate Director of Advocacy for the Center’s Poverty to Prosperity Program.
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Aki Suzuki
Video Editor

Michael Richardson
Field Outreach and Advocacy Coordinator

Jeremy Slevin
Director of Antipoverty Advocacy
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