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Disabled People "Will Die" as GOP Medicaid Cuts Go into Effect, Warns Disability Rights Leader

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People with disabilities are among those most heavily impacted by Trump's cuts to Medicaid. "I know so many people like me, disabled adults living and thriving now, who were able to get to adulthood because Medicaid existed," says Maria Town, president and CEO of the American Association of People with Disabilities. We feature additional testimonies from disabled members of the advocacy group Caring Across Generations, and speak to Town, who says she fears "so many kids [will] not get a chance to make it to adulthood," while countless adults "will not be able to live into old age because of these cuts."

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