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Category Archives: News
Autistic People Deserve A Better Budget
ASAN condemns the final passage of the 2018 Budget Resolution, which would set the stage for tax cuts for corporations and the richest Americans by cutting $5 trillion dollars over the next decade from Medicaid, Social Security, and other essential services that allow people with disabilities to live good...
ASAN Condemns Senate Budget Vote
ASAN condemns the passage of the Senate budget resolution, which would cut $5 trillion dollars over the next decade from Medicaid, Social Security, and other essential services that allow people with disabilities to live healthy and productive lives in our communities. Less than one month after the disability community...
Posted in Community Services and Supports, News, Policy
Tagged federal budget
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ASAN Condemns New Attacks On The ACA
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) condemns the multiple new attacks on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) from the Trump administration in the past 24 hours. These attacks undermine our health care system, will raise costs for everyone, and threaten the lives of people with disabilities. ASAN calls on...
Posted in News, Policy, Press, Statement, Therapies and Health Care
Tagged Congress, eo, executive order, health care, healthcare, Medicaid, statement, xo
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Thank you
Dear friends, At the start of last week, things were looking uncertain. Once again, the Senate was considering a bill that would repeal the Affordable Care act, gut Medicaid funding, and take health insurance away from millions of people. They claimed they had enough votes to rush the bill...
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Tagged aca, adapt, health care, healthcare, Medicare, obamacare, senate, victory
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TODAY: National Disability Call-In Day to Save Medicaid
Medicaid and waiver services are under attack. The most recent attempt at ACA repeal features cuts and caps to Medicaid that would cause serious damage to millions of people with disabilities. The Graham-Cassidy bill poses a threat to our community, and it needs to be stopped. ASAN is cosponsoring...
Posted in Action, News
Tagged action alerts, health care, healthcare, Medicaid
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ASAN Releases Easy Read Toolkit on Getting Through to your Elected Officials
In February, we announced the release of our plain language toolkit, “They Work For Us: A Self-Advocate’s Guide to Getting Through to your Elected Officials.” Now, we’re pleased to share our newly-created Easy Read version of this toolkit....
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