Police Arresting Angry Members of the Disabled Community Who Are Picketing White House from Political Punch reports that almost 400 members of the group ADAPT protested at the White House today with some arrests.
It seems that the disabled are an inconvenient group for Obama who made fun of the Special Olympics and whose policies on abortion disproportionately affect the disabled. To not actively support integration of a group of people in the community would be an irony from our first African-American president. In addition, home care attendants are cheaper than having a person live in a nursing home. It seems to be a win-win for all concerned if this flexibility were built into health policies.
"Shame on you, Obama is a liar! Shame on you, Obama is a liar!" some are chanting.
They're here from all over the country -- Texas, Montana, New York, Pennsylvania -- to protest what they see as President Obama not sufficiently supporting the Community Choice Act, a bill that would amend the Social Security Act to provide those with disabilities and older Americans the ability to use federal funding for community-based attendant services instead of just for nursing homes.
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