As COVID-19 rapidly spread across the U.S. in March 2020, Congress declared a public health emergency and passed legislation that gave states more money for Medicaid if they met certain requirements. One of the main requirements was that people would be able to keep their Medicaid health care during the COVID-19 public health emergency. As […]
Washington, DC – The Arc released the following statement as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell pulls the Better Care Reconciliation Act, and announces an upcoming vote on a repeal of the Afford...
The Senate is set to vote soon on the latest version of the Better Care Reconciliation Act. The latest revisions to the bill do NOT change the devastating cuts to the Medicaid program that over 10 mil...
By Mary L. Waltari, Esq., Special Needs Alliance
Students with disabilities and their families sometimes worry that the very process of becoming educated—with an important goal being increased econ...
By Doug Golub, MediSked President and Co-founder
As an increasing number of states transition individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) to managed care, provider agencies ...
Washington, DC - The Arc released the following statement in response to the Congressional Budget Office’s updated report on the Senate Health Care Legislation:
“The Congressional Budget Office...
by T.J. Sutcliffe, Director, Income & Housing Policy
In March, The Washington Post launched a new series, “Disabled, America,” to look at how disability “…is shaping the culture, econom...
As part of its inaugural Research to Practice series, The Arc of the United States and the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities co-sponsored a timely webinar: The State ...
Washington, DC – Today The Arc and the Center for American Progress released a video showcasing two personal stories about how Social Security is more than just retirement income. Social Security i...
Washington, DC - The Arc released the following statement in response to the Congressional Budget Office’s report on the House-passed American Health Care Act:
“Millions of people will be impac...
