When Nayeli Calderon’s son Sebastian was 2 years old, a daycare teacher suggested she get him tested for autism. That’s when she said the work, and the waiting, began. Sebastian joined a month-long waitlist for a neurologist, who saw him for a few months and then diagnosed him with autism. After the diagnosis came the […]
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Texas Kicked Millions Off Medicaid After COVID. It Was a Disaster.
Turns out that kicking millions of people off Medicaid is really bad! The Texas Tribune and ProPublica investigated how Texas behaved in the aftermath of COVID-19, and — surprise!! — we were extremely shitty toward poor people who needed healthcare. To briefly sum up, we kicked more than two million people off Medicaid, which provides […]