Rachel Gershon
Lawyer and Medicaid/Medicare/SNAP/SSI nerd. I've helped people navigate health insurance and public benefits since 2004. We need to make it easier.
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- Reposted by Rachel GershonYou were incredible, Alice Wong, and it was a blessing to have collaborated with you on projects, to have read your words and to have heard your voice, as full of life and passion and joy and rage as it was. You made a difference—so much of a difference. Rest always in peace, and always in power.
- Reposted by Rachel Gershon‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’ —Alice Wong
- No one should go hungry. SNAP (formerly known as food stamps) is a particularly powerful program for making lives better:
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- The reconciliation bill currently in the Senate will penalize people for having disabilities, for caregiving for loved ones, and for losing their jobs. Here are two stories of where these policies already caused stress and disability. #Medicaid #JobLossPenalty
- Reposted by Rachel GershonLosing Medicaid's financial assistance & the cascading consequences of that loss, is just one of the myriad of ways in which, as @otherrbg.bsky.social states, the reconciliation bill finds "savings built on the backs of seniors and people with disabilities." news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-a...
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- Reposted by Rachel GershonThe 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.
- Reposted by Rachel GershonThe CBO finds that if the Reconciliation Bill goes through: -7.6 million people would lose coverage because of Medicaid changes -1 million would lose it because of changes to the ACA from E&C -2.1 million would lose it because of changes by Ways and Means www.cbo.gov/publication/...
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- Reposted by Rachel GershonAnd 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
- Reposted by Rachel GershonMake 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.
- Imagine working 90 hours in a month and still losing Medicaid due to work requirements.
- Work requirements cut Medicaid for working people. Work requirements cut Medicaid for parents and caregivers. Work requirements cut Medicaid for people with disabilities and chronic conditions. #Medicaid
- Reposted by Rachel GershonBreaking: Today, we filed a lawsuit against the Social Security Administration and DOGE for creating roadblocks that prevent Americans from getting their retirement and disability benefits. 🧵Thread
- Reposted by Rachel GershonToday, we filed a lawsuit against Social Security to ensure 73 million people have access to the benefits they are entitled to. People rely on their benefits to pay for housing, food, and basic needs, and SSA is also responsible for facilitating access to Medicare & Medicaid. Read more 👇
- Medicaid improves financial well-being #medicaid
- Medicaid improves education outcomes - a story in 2 studies. #Medicaid
- Medicaid saves lives - a story in two studies. #medicaid
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