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01.02.2026 23:52
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Pencil drawing of a barred owl
The snow is starting here
Hiiii Jamaila!
Sometimes I learn it is snowing in the Boston area by reading your feed before looking out my own window LOL
170,000 Americans are at risk of losing their homes under a plan to cut the federal government’s largest homeless assistance program.
📢 Take action by reminding lawmakers that older adults in your community rely on these programs to keep a roof over their heads.
Imagine your patient shows up at her cardiologist in January only to learn her Medicare Advantage plan no longer covers that doctor.
Plans change their provider networks every year, so it's essential to review your coverage during Medicare open enrollment, happening now through December 7.
This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it looks like I ran out of time. I have so many dreams that wanted to fulfill and plans to create new stories for you. There are a few in progress that might come to fruition in a few years if things work out. I did not ever imagine I would live to this age and end up a writer, editor, activist, and more. As a kid riddled with insecurity and internalized ableism, I could not see a path forward. It was thanks to friendships and some great teachers who believed in me that I was able to fight my way out of miserable situations into a place where I finally felt comfortable in my skin. We need more stories about us and our culture. You all, we all, deserve the everything and more in such a hostile, ableist environment. Our wisdom is incisive and unflinching. I'm honored to be your ancestor and believe disabled oracles like us will light the way to the future. Don't let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.
You were incredible, Alice Wong, and it was a blessing to have collaborated with you on projects, to have read your words and to have heard your voice, as full of life and passion and joy and rage as it was.
You made a difference—so much of a difference.
Rest always in peace, and always in power.
‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong
14. Food stamp participation associated with improved reading and mathematics scores among children in early elementary school. Frongilo 2006: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16549482/
13. Seniors dually enrolled in both Medicaid and Medicare are less likely to need nursing facility care when enrolled in SNAP. Szanton 2017: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28738897/
12. Seniors on SNAP were 4.8 percent less likely to skip taking their prescribed medication due to cost. The effect was even bigger for seniors threatened by hunger, who are 9.1 percent less likely to skip taking medications due to cost when on SNAP Srinivasan 2018: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29267062/
11. Among children, SNAP receipt associated with better self-reported health and less emergency department use. Sonik 2023: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36710646/
10. Seniors dually enrolled in both Medicaid and Medicare saw a decrease in hospitalization following receipt of SNAP benefits. Samuel 2018: www.digitalbenefitshub.org/resources/do...
9. Seniors enrolled in SNAP more likely to take prescribed diabetes medication. Pooler 2019: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
8. Higher SNAP benefit amounts are associated with fewer emergency department visits for hypertension. Ojinnaka 2018: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
7. Increases in SNAP benefits associated with fewer delays in getting health care for children due to cost. Morrissey 2020: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31785378/
6. Access to food stamps in childhood associated with reduced incidence of metabolic syndrome. Hoynes 2016: www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
5. Reduced SNAP benefits associated with worse child and caregiver health, and higher rates of food insecurity. Ettinger De Cuba 2019: www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/...
4. Higher enrollment by older adults in SNAP is associated with fewer hospital and long-term care admissions as well as emergency room visits – and an estimated Medicaid cost-savings of $2,360 per person annually. Berkowitz 2021: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34662150/
3. "SNAP-eligible youth who experience food insecurity have significantly healthier outcomes compared to food-insecure youth just over the income eligibility threshold." Alfano-Hudak 2022: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35807936/
2. "participation in SNAP led to a population-wide reduction of 1–2 percentage points in mortality from all causes and a reduction in specific causes of death among people ages 40–64." Heflin 2019: www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/...
1. The roll-out of the food stamps program in the 1960s and 1970s was associated with a 1.1 year gain in life expectancy, and increased economic self-sufficiency. Bailey 2023: academic.oup.com/restud/advan...
No one should go hungry. SNAP (formerly known as food stamps) is a particularly powerful program for making lives better:
One more thread on a new provision in Senate reconciliation bill that Senate GOP will misleadingly tout as expanding access to home- and community-based services for seniors and people with disabilities (section 71123) but in context of the bill, it won't be meaningful (1/x)
7. Reconciliation cuts off multiple access points to health coverage for lawfully present immigrant older adults, including breaking the Medicare promise and disenrolling older adults who have met their 40 work quarters paying into the system. justiceinaging.org/broken-promi...
6. Reconciliation drops Medicaid coverage for people who are eligible and need time getting paperwork together, including when an older adult is in a nursing home. www.justiceinaging.org/wp-content/u...
5. Reconciliation makes it harder for older adults to access long-term care and keep their homes. justiceinaging.org/states-recou...
4. Reconciliation stops a rule that would have saved an estimated 13,000 lives in nursing homes annually. www.warren.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
3. Reconciliation stops a rule that makes it easier for older adults and people with disabilities to pay for Medicare, leading to avoided care, worse health, and higher mortality. news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-a...
2. Reconciliation shifts billions in costs to states; historically this action has led to home care support cuts for older adults across the country. www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore...