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Investopedia· 2025-07-05 03:00
You could lose your disability benefits if you have more than $2,000 in a savings account for an emergency fund. Here's how ABLE accounts are a good option to help grow your emergency savings. https://t.co/vuTceJKfHk ...
How new Medicaid work requirements could affect families with disabled children
NBC News· 2025-07-04 20:00
As we mentioned earlier, President Trump is expected to sign his signature domestic policy package into law today. It includes new spending, but also new cuts and changes to programs like Medicaid. Many who are enrolled in Medicaid will soon be required by the new law to prove every month that they work, study, or volunteer 80 hours a month.By one estimate, 92% of Americans under 65 who are enrolled in Medicaid are already working. One Missouri mom whose adult son requires roundthe-clock care is worried his ...
Congress has 'abdicated their moral high ground': Family who relied on Medicaid on megabill passing
MSNBC· 2025-07-03 20:45
Medicaid paid for at the beginning the rest of that pregnancy and it paid for his birth and for his first two open heart surgeries. I see every single day kids whose entire lives at home with their families is funded by Medicaid. Private insurance only does so much if you even have it.That was Allison Chandra. She's the mother who spoke to us earlier this week about how Trump's mega bill would impact her and her family. According to the Congressional Budget Office, millions are expected to lose their health ...
'Assault on our disability community': Iowa mom relying on Medicaid rebukes proposed GOP cuts
MSNBC· 2025-07-03 02:40
I have nothing to lose at this point and I am just trying to get them to see that these are people. Hi, I'm Nancy Baker Curtis and I am the mother of Charlie who is a beautiful almost 10-year-old little boy with intellectual and physical disabilities who needs Medicaid in order to get to whole. Charlie and I made the big step of traveling to Washington DC recently so that we could talk with our elected officials about how the big beautiful bill will impact our family personally.I know the video regarding ou ...
The world's most unlikely football club owner | George Dowell MBE | TEDxBrighton
TEDx Talks· 2025-07-02 16:39
[Music] [Applause] People might assume the defining moment in my life was having a spinal cord injury. when in fact I believe the defining moment in my life was starting a football team with some friends a few years later. Now that's not the team you might know me for, but it is one I will never ever forget.It was that decision that brought me back out of my shell and got me out of the house again at a time when I really needed it. That was my reset point and the light bulb moment. Let me tell you how I got ...
The Power of Choice | Nidhi Goyal | TEDxSAJS Vasundhara Youth
TEDx Talks· 2025-06-30 16:40
I'm here to speak to you and my talk is about the power of choice. I'll start with a little story. I was 22 and I remember my papa, my father walked up to me one day and offered the key to our home.Yes, I lived with family like most young adults in this country. And I looked at him a little stunned, right. And he said, "What? You can choose to come home whenever you want at night. We're not going to stay up." And I stayed silent and I continued looking at him.And he said, "Yes, these keys will give you the ...
Social Security overpayments: Updated tips to prevent them
60 Minutes· 2025-06-22 22:55
60 Minutes overtime. We always thought everything was good. We kept getting letters saying that they're increasing his payments. Then we get this letter saying we owe $51,000. This week on 60 Minutes, we take a look at what happens when Social Security overpays people who receive benefits. They can find out years and in some cases decades later that they owe thousands or tens of thousands of dollars. I'm Andy Court and I'm a producer at 60 Minutes. I'm Annabelle Hanfleig and I'm an associate producer at 60 ...
What happens when ableism and sexism collide? | Lucy Webster | TEDxLondonBusinessSchool
TEDx Talks· 2025-06-16 16:41
In this powerful talk, writer and activist Lucy Webster shares how ableism shapes everything from dating to motherhood—and why feminism can’t ignore disability any longer. Her message is clear: until disabled women are included, the fight for gender equality remains unfinished. Lucy Webster is an anti-ableism campaigner working across the media, publishing, events and social media to create a more accessible and more inclusive world for disabled people. She covers disability issues for leading publications ...
Vazgeçmek Kolaydı, Seçmedim | Haluk Tokat | TEDxBursa
TEDx Talks· 2025-06-12 14:54
[Alkış] [Müzik] Evet, merhabalar. Ben Engel Tanımayan Lezzetlerden yani Haluk Çerez'den Haluk. Bugün sizlere inişli çıkışlı tam 46 yıllık hayatımdan bazı kesitler aktarmak istiyorum. İnşallah bu kesitler herkesin gönlüne dokunup eee ilham verici hikayelere dönüşür. Ben 1979 yılında Sakarya'da tam yedi kardeşten oluşan bir ailede gözlerimi açtım. 5 yaşına kadar her şey güzeldi. 5 yaşında eee babamı rahmetli olduktan sonra Adana'ya göç etmek zorunda kaldık. Evet, çok sıcak bir memleketti ama çoğumuzun gibi ço ...
Sun Life U.S. congratulates Congressmen DeSaulnier and Scott on introduction of historic legislation to enhance coverage of mental health conditions in long-term disability insurance
Prnewswire· 2025-06-05 22:45
WELLESLEY, Mass., June 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Dan Fishbein, M.D., president, Sun Life U.S., released the following statement in support of the Workers' Disability Benefits Parity Act, introduced today by Congressmen Mark DeSaulnier (CA-10) and Robert Scott (VA-03). This legislation would enhance long-term disability insurance benefits by requiring that mental health conditions be covered similarly to most physical conditions. Sun Life first called on Congress in 2023 to make these improvements to disabilit ...