♿Abandoning America's Most Vulnerable: When Disability Support Becomes 'Wasteful Spending'
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Civil Rights
Trump's budget proposes cutting $163 billion in federal spending, targeting disability programs for elimination. Administration for Community Living faces breakup, Social Security plans 7,000 job cuts, while Medicaid faces $2.3 trillion in cuts affecting millions of vulnerable Americans.
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Why This Matters
Your Family's Support:
Cuts to disability services affect millions of families caring for loved ones with special needs—losing respite care, therapy services, and educational support means families struggle alone without professional help.
Your Community Safety Net:
Disability programs prevent costly institutionalization and keep people in communities—eliminating these services forces expensive hospital and nursing home care that costs taxpayers more long-term.
Your Future Security:
Anyone can become disabled through accident, illness, or aging—destroying the disability support system today means no help will be available when you or your family members need it.
Your Tax Burden:
While framed as saving money, cutting prevention programs increases costs—emergency interventions and institutional care cost far more than community-based support and early intervention services.
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How much federal spending does Trump want to cut that could eliminate disability programs?
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How many jobs does the Social Security Administration plan to cut?
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What percentage cut does Trump's budget call for in non-defense discretionary spending?
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Which federal agency that houses disability programs does HHS plan to break up?
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How much could be cut from Medicaid according to Republican budget documents?
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What is the Social Security Administration's new staffing target?
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According to leaked HHS documents, which programs face elimination?
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What percentage of disability service providers turned away new clients in the previous year?
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How many people with disabilities does Medicaid provide essential care for?
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What is the current staffing level at SSA compared to historical standards?
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How much funding was HHS supposed to distribute that has been delayed?
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What Medicaid structure change are Republicans considering?
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What happened to the SSA's Office of Civil Rights and Equal Opportunity?
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What do advocates say disability agencies are forced to spend time on instead of serving clients?
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How many nursing home residents under 65 with disabilities are there according to recent analysis?
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What is the risk level for disability programs according to former ACL leader Alison Barkoff?
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What rule are Republicans eyeing for repeal regarding nursing homes?
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What Executive Order did Trump rescind that affected disability workplace accommodations?
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What happened to USAID programs supporting disabled individuals worldwide?
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What is the proposed alternative to current Medicaid funding for disability services?
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