Federal Spending Plan is Devastating for People with Autism and Will NOT Reduce the Deficit

Tell Your Senator to Vote NO! From the Autism Society…
　
The House of Representatives has passed a disastrous budget that pulls the plug on people with autism, individuals with disabilities, seniors, students and the middle class to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy.

　
This budget plan includes drastic cuts and changes to: Medicaid: Cuts $750 billion over 10 years. Medicare: Replaces Medicare with a voucher program for younger beneficiaries that will certainly provide less than the current system. Discretionary Programs: Over time, eliminates most federal government programs outside of health care, Social Security and defense. Health Care Reform: Repeals and defunds the Affordable Care Act.

　What would these changes mean for people with autism?

There would be no guarantee of services. People with autism could be denied:

• health insurance coverage
• home and community-based services
• supportive housing
• job training
• education
• transportation
• and much, much more
　
What can you do? Call them up and tell them, NO!"

Jeff Sell, Esq.
Vice President, Public Policy & General Counsel
Autism Society

"The $4.3 trillion from all of these cuts will be used to provide $4.2 trillion in tax cuts over 10 years. Very little money will go towards deficit reduction."