by NWVCIL | Jul 14, 2017 | Advocacy, Disability, Outreach, Public Awareness
Healthcare Vote Expected Next Week: The Fight Is Not Over! From the National Council on Independent Living The Senate released their updated version of the Better Care Reconciliation Act (PDF) yesterday, and all of our concerns remain the same. Read the Senate...
by NWVCIL | Jul 14, 2017 | Advocacy, Disability, Public Awareness
Darla Erwin: Medicaid’s future a life/death decision to disabled (Gazette) By Darla Erwin July 6, 2017 I am — like thousands of others in West Virginia — a person with a disability. I was born with cerebral palsy and need a power wheelchair to get around. I’m also a...
by NWVCIL | Jun 23, 2017 | Advocacy, Disability, Public Awareness
The Rachel Maddow Show 6/22/17 Rachel Maddow tells the history of ADAPT and the activism of disabled Americans and points out the leadership role these activists have taken in challenging the Republican plan to take Medicaid away from millions. Duration:...
by NWVCIL | Jun 19, 2017 | Advocacy, Outreach, Public Awareness
Our U.S. senator, Shelley Moore Capito, is the most important lawmaker in the country right now, as our democracy faces two questions that will define our politics for a generation. Question 1: Will our government rip medicine from the hands of 20-plus million of its...
