Today, I spoke w/Nate Crippes of the @dlcofut.bsky.social about how Utah is planning on forcing the homeless population out of the city and into a camp. We also discussed the push to permit involuntary commitment for people who "violate the social order." open.spotify.com/episode/69f8...

UPDATE: SJR 7 has been pulled from the agenda for tomorrow. Will provide more updates as we get them.

This bill is in the Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee tomorrow at 2pm! Please reach out to committee members and tell them to vote no on SJR 7 and protect the Disability Law Center!

SJR 7 seeks to remove our designation as the Protection and Advocacy Agency for Utah. Here is how you can help support the DLC: disabilitylawcenter.org/general/urge...

Earn ethics CLE on Jan. 16 at 12 p.m.! Professor Leslie Francis and alumna Katie Cox (JD '19) of @dlcofut.bsky.social will discuss supported decision-making (SDM), a tool for people with disabilities to designate trusted individuals to help them make decisions. Register: bit.ly/4jHGLsD

The post on the right is from the founder of the Cicero Institute, which is making some concerning recommendations in Utah regarding homelessness/behavioral health and criminal justice. Wonder what Utah policymakers think of this.

Not knowing how you will feed your kids next week is very scary! Join Crossroads Urban Center and Utahns Against Hunger outside the federal building today at 4:30 PM as we challenge Utah's representatives in Congress to do more to make sure SNAP benefits are issued next month!

Great reporting here from @tstevensmedia.bsky.social, as is the usual from their investigative team.

Great reporting here from @tstevensmedia.bsky.social, as is the usual from their investigative team.

Multiple states are cutting their #Medicaid programs even before the brunt of a new federal law takes effect, raising fears that access to care will become more limited for people with #disabilities.

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

This article highlights the importance of P&As, like the DLC, who regularly monitor facilities like this for abuse & neglect. Also highlights why we've pushed for better oversight of places where Utahns w/ disabilities live & more community-based services. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/u...

Read the full story on the @kutv2news.bsky.social website: kutv.com/news/2news-i... Nate Crippes from the Disability Law Center, @dlcofut.bsky.social, weighed in on the conversation, give it a read!

This Executive Order threatens decades of civil rights progress by promoting forced institutionalization of people with disabilities. It's deeply concerning that State leaders are aligning w/ a policy that seeks to remove rights of Utahns w/ disabilities. www.deseret.com/politics/202...

ICYMI: The Trump administration will allow employers to keep paying people with developmental #disabilities less than minimum wage, in some cases less than $1 per hour

Reminder: The Medicaid cuts in the reconciliation bill, particularly the work requirements and more frequent eligibility checks that will lead to coverage loss, are going to make all of this harder.

Andrew and Nate discuss the Big Bad Medicaid Bill and what changes to expect. youtu.be/58SzTW40nQ0?...

Disabled kids like mine rely on Medicaid to survive; this bill cuts Medicaid. I don't know how else to say that medically complex disabled children will die as a result of this bill.

‘Sinners’ on Max Will Include a Black American Sign Language Version

On this week’s @lastweektonight.com, John Oliver cited KFF analyses in his examination of how the “One Big Beautiful Bill” could impact health care. 🔗 The House-passed bill’s potential impact on the uninsured: on.kff.org/4jIcF6E

The Senate is rushing to vote on a bill that would deeply cut Medicaid — putting health care at risk for millions. 📞 Call your Senators NOW: ➡️ 866-426-2631 ➡️ 202-224-3121 (Capitol switchboard) Need a call script? @communitycatalyst.org has you covered: communitycatalyst.canto.com/v/MedicaidDe...

The "big, beautiful bill" hit a major hurdle yesterday - but they're not stopping. The House already passed $800 BILLION in Medicaid cuts. Now, the Senate is trying to get them over the finish line. Use our action alert to email AND call: ow.ly/JLWo50WhIoy

More than 1 million people with mental health diagnoses could lose ACA Marketplace coverage under proposed regulatory and legislative changes. Our data note shows how Marketplace coverage helps people with mental health need access care: on.kff.org/4kiz6Qb

About 4,000 doctors signed a letter urging the U.S. Congress to exclude Medicaid cuts from "big, beautiful bill." "We're talking about real people, coworkers, neighbors, loved ones, who will face the consequences of legislation that treats health care as optional," a Utah physician said.

We used monthly survey data to take a closer look at the potential implications of #Medicaid work requirements for adults without dependent children. Adults ages 50-64 are at greater risk of losing Medicaid coverage for not meeting the new requirements. www.kff.org/medicaid/iss...

Perspective: Medicaid, work and the problem of the ‘benefits cliff’ www.deseret.com/opinion/2025...

Andrew and Nate are back to update you on June Interim and potential Medicaid cuts. youtu.be/OTzI3aBzj9U #ProtectMedicaid

NEW: Senate Finance Committee Republicans published their text of Trump's "one big, beautiful bill" which includes major tax reforms and even steeper Medicaid cuts than the House called for.

"I’m not here to pile on. Instead, I applaud the senator for her honesty. She is right. Both in the meta sense (humans are, to date, mortal) but also in the specific sense: If enacted, the House-passed reconciliation bill will mean more Americans will die." www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Georgia’s governor promotes his Medicaid work requirement as a national model for reform. Yet the program has cost taxpayers more than $86M, three-quarters of which has gone to consultants, and enrolled only 3% of the quarter-million Georgians eligible. (Published Feb. 2025)

Republicans in the U.S. House passed their version of President Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill." Here's how proposals to change Medicaid could affect the health care for thousands of Utahns.

“Medicaid matters to you,” writes the editorial board, “even if you will never be on it.”

Though the full ramifications of the “big, beautiful” tax and spending bill that narrowly passed the U.S. House this week are still murky, the bill as currently written could jeopardize health insurance for tens of thousands of Utahns. #utpol

The massive tax and spending bill passed by U.S. House Republicans would likely result in 3.2 million people losing food assistance benefits, and saddle states with around $14 billion a year in costs, according to an analysis from the Congressional Budget Office. Read more from @statesnewsroom.com

Beaver Valley Hospital argued that the Medicaid money was spent on upgrades that strengthened its health care delivery. That wasn’t apparent in the state of its nursing homes.

Trump, RFK Jr. are pushing psychiatric confinement, not mental health care thehill.com/opinion/heal...

Medicaid cuts are an immediate threat to millions, stripping over 13M of health coverage and devastating access to care, jobs, & services. Disabled Americans will be hit hardest.

The Medicaid cuts in this bill would harm Utahns with disabilities, leading to many having their health coverage terminated. This is incredibly disappointing. #ProtectMedicaid

Post Opinion: Medicaid is holding our community together — we can’t let it slip away www.deseret.com/opinion/2025...

Children’s health services could see trims even under scaled-back Medicaid cuts utahnewsdispatch.com/2025/05/13/c...

Andrew and Nate are back to give updates on Medicaid in the latest policy bite! #ProtectMedicaid youtu.be/t5MEAig2ClU

People enrolled in #Medicaid expansion could lose coverage under the House Energy & Commerce Committee bill if they can’t meet strict work reporting rules. Between 9.7M and 14.4M are at risk in 2034. See the breakdown by state: www.cbpp.org/research/hea...

"Not all autistic people will redesign physics. They don’t need to. Their worth isn’t tied to invention, it’s intrinsic. Autism doesn’t erase potential. It reshapes it. Sometimes it’s quiet. Sometimes it’s nonlinear. Always, it’s human."

The KSL Investigators compiled statewide data from 2020-2024 to analyze the most common reasons schools provide for secluding students, to see if they met the safety standard.

Without that Medicaid home care, disabled and medically complex children in every state of our nation would be ripped away from their families and forced into institutions — cold, dangerous facilities without the warmth and support of their own parents. Cruelty on a scale that defies mere words.

📢📢 At least *13.7 million people* would lose health coverage and become uninsured under the House Republican agenda #Medicaid and #ACA marketplace agenda. Policymakers should protect people’s health care, not cut it.

"All of which means this: If Congress cuts funding for Medicaid benefits, Missouri workers and their children will lose their health care. And hospitals will close. It’s that simple. And that pattern will replicate in states across the country."

Here is a link to Republican Senator Josh Hawley's op-ed on why cutting Medicaid is in fact bad. archive.ph/8AO7E

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Did you know rural communities are disproportionately impacted by cuts to #Medicaid? Learn more about why we need to #ProtectMedicaid at protectmedicaidutah.org