Scores of people braved the sweltering heat in Washington, D.C. on July 26 – the 35th anniversary of the Americans for Disabilities Act — advocating that Medicaid, the federal government program providing health care to the poor, should be preserved and funded to levels where it can benefit the people most who need it, including those who are disabled.

Jennifer Wells, director of Economic Justice with Community Change , served as one of the speakers at the Families First National Day of Action rally on the National Mall, part of a 60-hour vigil protesting cuts in Medicaid and food assistance.

“I was a Medicaid and SNAP kid,” said Wells, 51, a resident of Montgomery, Alabama. “That is why I am advocating for this because it was a lived reality for me. My mom had to be treated wit

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