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主頁 / 相冊 / Free Our People March, 144 miles Philadelphia to DC, September 2003 85
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[Headline] Why We Need MiCASSA NOW! The Medicaid Community Attendant Services and Supports Act: First, the bill...would give individuals who are currently eligible for nursing home services or an intermediate care facility equal access to community-based attendant services and supports. Second, for a limited time, States would have the opportunity to receive additional services and supports and for certain administrative activities. Third, the bill provides States with financial assistance to support "real choice systems change initiatives" that include specific action steps to increase the provision of home and community based services. Finally, the bill establishes a demonstration project to evaluate service coordination and cost sharing. -Senator Tom Harkin May 1, 2003 Freeourpeople.org
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DAILY BRIEFING — Thursday, September 18, 2003 Austin AmericanStatesman statesman.com [Headline] Disabled demonstrators end trek with rally for in home care bill By Chuck Lindell AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF WASHINGTON — Weary and sore after leading her wheel-chair on a two-week, 144-mile protest, Austin's Jennifer McPhail crossed the finish line Wednesday on Capitol Hill, greeted by whoops and cheers from hundreds of well-wishers. "It was tough. We went from being in this ridiculously hot weather to driving rain the next day,' McPhail said "It doesn't hurt as bad as I thought it would, but I'm hurting." McPhail was among 215 people with disabilities, most of them in wheelchairs, who began their journey at the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia to rally support for a bill that would divert more federal money to in-home care instead of nursing homes or similar facilities. "We're sending a message to Congress that the long-term care system needs to stop warehous-ing people in nursing homes and other institutions," said Bob Kafka, also of Austin and one of the national organizers for the event billed as the Free Our People March and sponsored by the disability rights group ADAPT. [image] [image caption] Kevin Wolf ASSOCIATED PRESS. Austin's Bob Kafka helped organize the Free Our People March, in which 215 people with disabilities traveled from Philadelphia to Washington. Traveling seven to 16 miles a day, spending the night in a tent city that volunteers spent hours building up and tearing down each day, the caravan of pro-. testers arrived in Washington in the early afternoon for a 20- minute, traffic-stopping display. With shouts and chants, the group urged Congress to pass the Medicaid Community-based Attendants Services and Supports Act, which would change Medicaid rules that mandate nursing-home home instead of home-based care. Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, told the crowd that he will push the Senate Finance Committee to hold hearings on his bill early next year. "Keep up the pressure," he said. Harkin's bill has 14 co-sponsors in the Senate. Seven of the 81 House co-sponsors are Texas Democrats, including Rep Lloyd Doggett of Austin. clindell@statesman.com; (202) 887-8329
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Chicago Sun Times Wednesday, September 17, 2003 Featured Letter [image] [image caption] Participants in the "Free Our People March" travel last week along Route 40 in Maryland, about the halfway point between the start in Philadelphia and its destination in Washington. Photo courtesy of Tom Olin [Headline] Disabled get on the move for freedom We just celebrated the 40th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King's "I have a dream" speech. Forty years later, people with disabilities still have a dream of escaping nursing homes institutions and going back to the community. About 150 disabled activists-- many in wheelchairs--convened at 4 to begin a 150 mile march on Philadelphia to Washington. [s] two-week "Free Our People March" will end at Washington [k] in our nation's capital today to [m] the need for more home- and community-based attendant services, and to call attention to the institutional bias that lingers in this country. More than 80 percent of Medicaid long-term care dollars are spent keeping people institutionalized, while less than 20 percent as- people who want to live in their homes and apartments, where they are much happier. [pulled quote] We have a dream to live independently [text resumes] There's federal legislation that would address this issue: the Medicaid Community Attendants Service and Supports Act. Introduced by Rep. Danny Davis (D-Ill.), H.R. 2032 would assist people with disabilities--regardless of age--in nursing homes back into the community, using the same Medicaid funding that's used to keep them institutionalized. Statistics show that people are much happier and productive living in their own homes instead of languishing in nursing homes. The major obstacles of MiCASS's passage in Congress are the nursing home lobbyists in Illinois and around the country. Profit is their bottom line, and they have deep pockets to buy off legislators. They continue to be a threat to the civil rights of people with disabilities. They disregard the quality of life for people stuck in their institutions; they see the almighty dollar sign and don't hear the cries of the people who want out. About 5,000 people with disablities will descend on Washington Park to rally for justice and the right to live in the mainstream community. We have a dream to live independently, free from segregation, as Dr. King could have related to. It's time to have our dream realized. Larry Biondi, independant living advocate, Progress Center for Independent Living, Forest Park
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[the left margin is images without caption] [Headline] Our long term care system must change The money should follow the individual not the facility or provider. A national long term care service policy should not favor any one setting over the other. It should be neutral, and let the users choose where services will be delivered. ADAPT Demands Change www.adapt.org The current system is not neutral. Over 70% of Medicaid spent on long term care is spent on institutional services: This leaves only 30% for all community services. Community services are less expensive, on average and are much more desirable than institutional services.