Today's top stories on how Washington is affecting disabled people.
Democrats to CMS: hit pause on the Medicaid paperwork deadline. Reps. and Sens. Pallone and Wyden asked CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz on Nov. 12 to give states more time before Medicaid work reporting rules start Jan. 1, 2027. A federal court found CMS unlawfully narrowed the medically frail exemption, and Oz says he will appeal.
In Lincoln, Nebraska, about 50 people packed a Medicaid advisory meeting. Amanda Gershon said: "I went to college, got A's, and this is confusing. How is anyone with a developmental disability supposed to do this?"
The Justice Department sued Lyft for allegedly denying rides to riders with service animals and wheelchairs, and the Senate passed the RISE Act to ease the move from IEPs to college.
Mr. Wheels take: Nobody should lose coverage because a paperwork system wasn't ready. Call the Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and ask your senators to push CMS to delay the Jan. 1 requirements. The full dispatch with sources is on my Substack, mrwheels76.substack.com.
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