I’ve been living with a fear.<\/p>\n
My fear, a fear many face, is one of losing something.<\/p>\n
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A fear of losing my cares if my income creeps one cent over the limit.<\/p>\n
A fear of losing more caregivers due to lousy hours, lousy pay, and no benefits.<\/p>\n
A fear of losing my home when Medicaid forces me to alter my work due to income limits.<\/p>\n
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A fear of the unknown, as for all the Medicaid and Social Security specialists I talk to, there are no options to stay independent and financially independent while needing cares.<\/p>\n
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Yet, my independence benefits me.<\/p>\n
My independence benefits the community.<\/p>\n
My independence saves money.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
I pay my own rent\/mortgage.<\/p>\n
I pay my bills, I pay my taxes, I even buy groceries.<\/p>\n
My employer pays my insurance.<\/p>\n
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The tools to my independence, accessibility and cares, mean that everyone in the community can have opportunities at independence.<\/p>\n
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Yet policies put in place by the Scott Walker administration slashed my care hours and access to transportation.<\/p>\n
Policies put in place by the Trump administration made it difficult for me to remain employed while receiving Medicaid funded cares.<\/p>\n
Policies put forward by Newt Gingrich, and signed by Bill Clinton, made it so that my house will be repossessed as an asset if my health takes a turn.<\/p>\n
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But folks,\u00a0 Let me ask.<\/p>\n
How is slashing my cares helping you?<\/p>\n
How is making it harder for me to keep a job helping you?<\/p>\n
How is preventing me from getting married helping you?<\/p>\n
How is preventing having some degree of financial stability helping you?<\/p>\n
How is preventing me from making certain my life-partner has financial stability, if anything happens to me, helping you?<\/p>\n
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Instead, folks, let’s work together.<\/p>\n
Let me work, without fear of losing daily cares.<\/p>\n
Let me get married, without fear of losing daily cares.<\/p>\n
Let me have a degree of financial independence, without fear of losing daily cares.<\/p>\n
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In return, I want to work hard, to support the community, and to fight to ensure that you have these same freedoms if and when you need them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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