Natalie Kean
I ❤️ Medicaid, Medicare, the ACA and Obamacare. This and other opinions are my own.
Director of Federal Health Advocacy at Justice in Aging
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- Virginia health officials clear path for updated COVID vaccines www.alxnow.com/2025/09/11/v...
- 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...
- The #ADA was won by people with disabilities who demanded justice and refused to be ignored. #ADA35 @sanders.senate.gov
- 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
- Call your representative and tell them to vote no. 202-224-3121 Tell everyone you know to do the same.
- The Senate just passed a dangerous and deeply unpopular budget bill that cuts health care and food assistance to pay for tax breaks for billionaires. @kevinprindiville.bsky.social characterized the bill as "a staggering betrayal of our nation's older adults." Read our full statement:
- “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...
- Senators Lankford and Mullin: as #strollingthunder @zerotothree.bsky.social mom Dena Drabek explains: “There’s nothing beautiful about a policy that takes health care away from sick kids.” www.oklahoman.com/story/opinio...
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- Witty signs don’t take away the harm. But they do bring joy. And joy is resistance.
- 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/...
- The invoice for the very bad deal. Call Congress before they vote to send the bill for their tax giveaways to seniors and other low-income people who rely on Medicaid and SNAP.
- I'm attending Families Over Billionaires's event, “Rally to Stop the Billionaire Tax Scam” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/familiesover...
- Taking them at their word, they want to take #Medicaid from low-income older women most of whom left the workforce to provide caregiving. #ProtectMedicaid
- Republicans pushing to add work requirements to #Medicaid say they are targeting nonworking "able-bodied" adults. Here's who that is: 4/5 are women 1/4 are age 50+ 50% are age 40+ 1/4 live in a rural area Most are caregivers milbank.org/quarterly/op...
- Taking them at their word, they want to take Medicaid from low-income older women. #ProtectMedicaid
- Sen. Hawley is right: “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.” #ProtectMedicaid
- Make no mistake: Republicans in Congress are coming after #Medicare too! The legislative text they will consider next week would strip Medicare coverage from immigrants who have been living, working, and paying taxes in the U.S. for decades.
- And we expect the Energy & Commerce Committee to repeal #Medicaid rules that will take cost-sharing assistance from ~1.4 million people with Medicare, making it unaffordable for low-income seniors & people with disabilities to see the doctor or meet their basic needs. #ProtectMedicaid
- These are the numbers. Even more compelling are the stories about what these cuts would mean to everyday people, including 7 million seniors age 65+. We just told their stories for 24 hours straight at the Capitol. We will keep telling their stories for as long as it takes to #ProtectMedicaid.
- “The antidote to fear is fight.” Thank you @booker.senate.gov for fighting with us to #ProtectMediacid
- “To say Medicaid is a lifeline is not an exaggeration. It’s a fact” @ayannapressley.bsky.social #ProtectMedicaid
- Without Medicaid, our communities would be incomplete because people with disabilities would not be part of our communities. #MedicaidVigils #ProtectMedicaid
- We are here bearing witness for 24 hours. As @aijenpoo.bsky.social said, we shouldn’t have to be here. But we are. We are doing everything we can to #ProtectMedicaid.
- Medicaid isn't a line item in a budget–it's a lifeline for older adults, people with disabilities & our communities. That’s why we'll be joining a 24-hour #ProtectMedicaid vigil at the U.S. Capitol to share our stories & make our voices heard. Join us! go.caringacross.org/a/dc-medicai...
- TODAY! Join thousands of supporters for our national call-in day. Dial (866) 426-2631 and tell Congress no cuts to #Medicaid! #CareCantWait #ProtectMedicaid #HandsOffMedicaid
- Join us tomorrow!
- Medicaid isn't a line item in a budget–it's a lifeline for older adults, people with disabilities & our communities. That’s why we'll be joining a 24-hour #ProtectMedicaid vigil at the U.S. Capitol to share our stories & make our voices heard. Join us! go.caringacross.org/a/dc-medicai...
- Medicaid isn't a line item in a budget–it's a lifeline for older adults, people with disabilities & our communities. That’s why we'll be joining a 24-hour #ProtectMedicaid vigil at the U.S. Capitol to share our stories & make our voices heard. Join us! go.caringacross.org/a/dc-medicai...
- “Without Medicaid, I would not be able to function. I would not be able to stay at my current job, due to overwhelming health issues and an increase of seizures, I would be forced to live on Social Security disability, and I would not be able to live a fully independent live” #HandsOffMedicaid
- Proud to be part of the resistance. Leader Thune’s statement that passing a resolution “is just getting the process unlocked” shows we must be vigilant. They are trying to hide their cuts to #Medicaid. We won’t look the other way during any part of the process. www.politico.com/newsletters/...
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- KFF with data on how many people with #Medicare get help from #Medicaid to meet their health and long-term care needs. P.S. A cut to Medicaid is a cut to Medicare. www.kff.org/medicare/iss...
- Work requirements don't work. Even with "automatic" exemptions. #HandsOffMedicaid
- In AR & NH "Most of those not identified automatically were disenrolled or slated to be disenrolled, even though survey data found nearly all enrollees subject to work requirements already worked or had exemption-related characteristics." #HandsOffMedicaid
- In AR & NH "Most of those not identified automatically were disenrolled or slated to be disenrolled, even though survey data found nearly all enrollees subject to work requirements already worked or had exemption-related characteristics." #HandsOffMedicaid
- Translation: Trump wants to strip coverage from millions of people who have no other options—including older adults. There are no Medicaid cuts Congress can make without harming people. #HandsOffMedicaid
- See @otherrbg.bsky.social’s below for the play by play 👇 Then call your member of Congress to say #HandsOffMedicaid
- Medicaid funds home care for aging parents, supports special education services for kids and keeps hospitals running. Protect your family and your community. Tell Congress to put #FamiliesOverBillionaires and Vote “NO” to any Medicaid cuts. Call Today: 866-426-2631.
- The truth is carveouts don’t work. Every cut to #Medicaid harms everyone—including older adults with #Medicare. “items Republicans are proposing, such as work requirements, which often take people off Medicaid’s rolls, could impact [rural hospitals’] financial stability.” #HandsOffMedicaid
- What the tradeoffs would be without #Medicaid: "when [Stevenson's] grandfather began exhibiting signs of dementia, his veteran’s healthcare wouldn’t cover the care...Without [Medicaid] she or her mother would have needed to quit their jobs to give him around-the-clock assistance." #HandsOffMedicaid
- #Medicaid & #Medicare share 60 years of history. Let’s make sure cuts don’t end their shared success in helping older adults afford and access health & long-term care. Tell Congress the only way to protect MediCARE is by protecting MedicAID! #HandsoffMedicaid
- New @NPWF & @justiceinaging research shows slashing #Medicaid by $880 billion over the next decade is equivalent to cutting nearly 4.8 million seniors off of Medicaid each year. See how many seniors & older women in your state could have their coverage taken away. npwf.info/3D7S8cs #HandsOffMedicaid
- @flhealthjustice.bsky.social explains why #Medicaid cuts would be devastating for older adults and everyone in Miami who relies on the program to survive.
- “Cuts to #Medicaid will do nothing...to lower healthcare costs or improve quality & access...Miami’s residents are already struggling to take care of our children & our elders & those with chronic conditions...we cannot afford to lose this lifeline.” Alison Yager @flhealthjustice.bsky.social
- "John Barnes, 55, Boise, would no longer be able to afford medications & doctor visits for ongoing health issues if Idaho drops Medicaid expansion." Congress should take a note from Gov. Little: Remember Medicaid expansion “was passed overwhelmingly by the public.” #Medicaid is popular. Don't cut it
