New Census data reveals rising poverty among older adults—over 9 million seniors (15%) live in poverty, with rates higher in communities of color. These aren’t just stats; they’re our parents, grandparents, neighbors, and keepers of our culture, all deserving to age with dignity.

When a Medicaid enrollee who received long-term care dies, states attempt to collect the costs of care from the enrollee's remaining property or savings. Here's how advocates can explain why this policy is harmful:

We filed a FOIA request along with @justiceinaging.org, @nilc.org, and @rcusa.bsky.social seeking transparency as the “Big Beautiful Bill” strips thousands of lawfully present immigrants of Medicare, regardless of how long they worked and paid Medicare taxes.

Join us on Tuesday, 9/16, for a deep dive into recent federal and state policy changes that will impact older Californians' access to Medi-Cal, Medicare, and other vital health care programs. Register: to.justiceinaging.org/K9rgqgC

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Mayor Gaskins calls for federal, state audits to assess impact of new federal mandates www.alxnow.com/2025/08/14/m...

Check out our new HR 1 explainer and implementation timeline on the law’s changes to Medicaid, Medicare, and the ACA impacting older adults justiceinaging.org/budget-recon...

Join @nataliekean.bsky.social & Gelila Selassie on August 13th to discuss the impact of Medicaid cuts on older adults as a result of the passage of the budget reconciliation bill. Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Wed 8/13 @ Noon, @slulaw.bsky.social alum Natalie Kean @nataliekean.bsky.social, Director of Federal Health Advocacy at @justiceinaging.org, joins the webinar Medicaid Cuts in H.R.1 – Updates for Aging Advocates to break down changes to Medicaid & Medicare. Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

The #ADA was won by people with disabilities who demanded justice and refused to be ignored. #ADA35 @sanders.senate.gov

Want the know the numerous ways that OBBBA terrorizes immigrants? -Taking away health care and food aid -Unaffordable fees -Unprecedented funding for ICE and detention camps -Raising taxes We have it all in our new explainer

Reminder: This GOP tax bill is selling out the American people to pay for tax cuts for billionaires.

It doesn’t have to be like this. We don’t have to die at the hands of corrupt politicians, billionaires, and wealthy corporations. We can build a different world. While we do that, we have to care for each other and help each other survive this. We’ve done it before. @newdisabledsouth.org

"Cutting Medicaid, Medicare, and SNAP is morally indefensible under any circumstance, but this budget bill is particularly cruel," said @kevinprindiville.bsky.social. It endangers not only the lives of today’s older adults but future generations as well. Read Justice in Aging's full statement:

Let’s stop this bill before it: Takes healthcare from 17 million low-income people Cuts #Medicaid that enables older adults & disabled people to live in their own homes Shutters nursing facilities Penalizes people who lose their jobs by taking away their healthcare Call now! AAPD.com/Medicaid

Please. RIGHT. NOW.

The horrible budget bill is now making its way to the House for final approval, and will likely be on the President's desk by the end of the week. Now is our last chance to speak out against this bill! Call your representatives at 202-224-3121!

Call your representative and tell them to vote no. 202-224-3121 Tell everyone you know to do the same.

Two years ago today, Xiomara received a kidney from a generous donor and underwent a successful life-saving transplant surgery. She has survived and thrived because of Medicaid. Today, every U.S. senator has the power to #VoteNo to #ProtectMedicaid for medically complex disabled kids like mine.

The latest episode @lastweektonight.com dives into the Senate reconciliation bill’s impact on health care and food assistance, including work requirements and red tape featuring CBPP analysis: youtu.be/vjFL-cBcjKc?...

I'm on the Capitol steps with ‪Senator Klobuchar‬ and families who are speaking out against the bill that Republicans are trying to jam through that would take away health care from 17 million Americans.  We are not giving up in this fight.

Nearly 1/2 of states are on the brink of a caregiving crisis yet policymakers from those very states are about to vote to gut #Medicaid to give massive tax breaks to the ultra rich... who are these people serving?

The reason that states have already capped existing 1915(c) #Medicaid HCBS waivers is due to cost. Now states will face massive financing cuts especially because of provider tax restrictions, new administrative burdens to implement work requirements & other cost-shifts like in SNAP (5/x)

Reverse Robin Hood The Big Bill is designed as a huge tax cut for the rich funded by spending cuts to safety net programs for the poor.

“What work requirements amount to are penalties for people who lose their job…people who have to retire early or often having chronic conditions that prevent them from working full time.” — @nataliekean.bsky.social‬

“States are not ready or equipped to implement these work requirements, and that’s going to cause even more harm." @nataliekean.bsky.social of @justiceinaging.org laying down the facts on the reconciliation package moving through the senate www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... #Medicaid

Senate Republican leadership is desperate to pass this highly unpopular bill and its #Medicaid cuts before more of the public understands what's in it including how it would gut Medicaid and the ACA marketplaces and increase the uninsured by 16M people.

“Phone Bank to Save Medicaid!” - sign up now! www.mobilize.us/moveon/event...

Join @justiceinaging.org’s @guhleelah.bsky.social for this timely conversation hosted by @americanprogress.bsky.social The Big, ‘Beautiful’ Bill Attacks Medicare Recipients and People With Disabilities by Driving Up Costs and Cutting Benefits www.americanprogress.org/events/the-b...

Congress is rebranding the BIG budget bill “Healthcare Reform.” Nonsense. The bill will gut Medicaid, affect Medicare [YES, Medicare!] & reduce ACA enrollment—to fund tax cuts for the rich. Are you enrolled in Medicaid, Medicare or the ACA now? What if the bill passes? Then what? @lwvus.bsky.social

Whether you’re a caregiver, a family member, an employer, or a concerned ally, this is the moment to show up. Join us to get informed and take action. It takes a village. RSVP here: www.mobilize.us/ndwa-c3/even...

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Listen to Sabrina!

Witty signs don’t take away the harm. But they do bring joy. And joy is resistance.

This a gross privacy violation. For years, people have been told they can sign up for Medicaid, knowing their data will only be used for determining eligibility. This administration continues to throw health care under the bus to achieve it's anti-immigrant agenda

A major proposal in the reconciliation bill would require people to report work to retain Medicaid eligibility. While lawmakers claim that people w. disabilities would not lose coverage, that is not true as Gelila Selassie & @jenlav.bsky.social explain. justiceinaging.org/examples-sho...

Medicaid work requirements create utter chaos—at best. At worst, they cause preventable suffering and death. A must-read about what's at stake: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/08/o...

Medicaid is more than a policy. It’s a lifeline for millions of people. Stop messing with #Medicaid, #Medicare and people’s lives. @chuygarcia.house.gov #ProtectMedicaid

We won’t accept tax breaks for billionaires. We won’t accept ripping health care from 16 million people. @sanders.senate.gov #ProtectMedicaid

Being poor is the hardest job. @pressley.house.gov It’s our job to not make it harder by stopping cuts to #Medicaid, #Medicare, the #ACA and #SNAP #ProtectMedicaid

By every measure, the tax bill is as harmful as the bill the Senate rejected in 2017: it will take health coverage from 16 million people. History repeats itself. Let's make sure the ending is the same & the Senate rejects this bill too. #ProtectMedicaid www.brookings.edu/interactive/...

#Medicaid covers the $185 monthly Medicare Part B premium for more than 10 million seniors and people with disabilities. This financial lifeline can mean the difference between making ends meet and falling behind on rent.

Another disastrous provision in the budget reconciliation bill: a halt to staffing level requirements in nursing homes. As Justice in Aging's Gelila Selassie warns in @chicago.suntimes.com‬, fewer staff caring for residents means more preventable deaths in America's nursing homes.

This Wednesday, 6/4, join us for a timely webinar about the rights of nursing home and assisted living residents.

Thread: House-passed GOP reconciliation bill would cut federal #Medicaid expansion funding not just for 14 states covering undocumented kids and others with their own funds but also for many other states providing federally funded Medicaid to lawfully residing immigrants like children on CHIP (1/x)

The amount this bill does on immigration is wild compared to how little attention its getting

“No matter what some Congressional leaders deny, this budget contains the largest cuts to Medicaid in history. This will impact disability service systems. Providers will close, wages will go down for an already underpaid workforce, and disabled people will be at risk of losing their coverage…” Me

Work requirements don’t boost employment—but they could strip coverage from millions and drain state economies. Find out how national #Medicaid work requirements would lead to large-scale job losses, harm state economies, and strain budgets in new work from George Washington University researchers.

Republicans have abandoned their promise to protect Medicare. Today, the Congressional Budget Office revealed that the reconciliation bill doesn't just cut SNAP and #Medicaid; it also upends long-standing #Medicare policy and will trigger massive cuts to the program over the next decade.