Medicaid funds nearly all of the programs and services for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Through Medicaid: My Story, people and families supported by The Arc New York share the critical impact of Medicaid supports, and what cuts to funding for these essential programs would mean in their lives.
Sylvia
Sylvia My brother has intellectual disabilities, spinal stenosis and severe seizures. He is in a wheelchair, gets food and medication only through a gastric tube, and requires three seizure meds. […]
Katy
Katy Medicaid matters to me because I get supportive employment that helps me at my job, I go to Day Hab, and we go out into the community and make […]
Richard
Richard I needed to have Medicaid as a child so that I could get services from the county Arc programs. It helped with medical bills that were not covered for […]