Public Policy

Looking for Employment and Decent Wages: How is the Government Helping You?

Our Public Policy department is hosting the final webinar in a three-part series in preparation for its Roll on Capitol Hill advocacy event in Washington, DC. Looking for Employment and Decent Wages: How is the Government Helping You? Thursday, May 24, 2:00 – 3:15 PM EDT. [...]

Separate Benefit Category for Complex Rehab Urgently Needed

As part of our upcoming Roll on Capitol Hill event in Washington, DC on June 25-26, United Spinal is urging policymakers to support a separate benefit category for complex rehab technology. Learn more about the fight to ensure wheelchair users have access to technology critical to their independence. [...]

Take Action to Protect Our Access to Public Pools

The ADA is under attack! Take action to protect access to public pools for wheelchair users and other people living with disabilities. [...]

Tobin Calls For Wheelchair Consumers to Demand Access to Technology Critical to Independence

United Spinal’s president Paul J. Tobin calls for wheelchair consumers to demand access to technology critical to independence and inclusion. [...]

Actor Noah Wyle Arrested During ADAPT Rally Against Medicaid Cuts

Members of grassroots disability rights group ADAPT rally in DC to prevent Medicaid cuts that jeopardize services critical to helping wheelchair users live independently. [...]

United Spinal Leads Fight to Protect Quality Health Care for Medicaid Beneficiaries

United Spinal leads fight to protect quality health care for Medicaid beneficiaries. [...]

States Stampede Toward Medicaid Managed Care for Beneficiaries with Disabilities

States stampede toward Medicaid managed care for beneficiaries with disabilities. [...]

United Spinal Joins MS Activists on Capitol Hill

Our Director of Government Relations Alex Bennewith joined activists from around the country in Washington, D.C. for National MS Society’s annual public policy conference in support of legislation needed to improve the lives of people living with multiple sclerosis (MS). [...]

Advocacy Webinars Strengthen Efforts to Impact Disability Policies

United Spinal’s Advocacy Webinars strengthen efforts to impact disability policies. Don’t let your health and independence be threatened without a fight. [...]

Your Medicaid Matters: Fighting Against Efforts to Reduce Funding, Benefits and Eligibility

Medicaid is a lifeline for 9 million Americans with disabilities. Although only 15 percent of Medicaid beneficiaries are people with disabilities, they consume 43 percent of overall Medicaid spending.

For these individuals, Medicaid is the primary public source of funding for long-term services and supports, whether provided in nursing or intermediate care facilities, as [...]

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