Democrats in Congress recently passed a bill that would raise the minimum wage to $15 with no exceptions. Eric Wilson explains how this bill would decimate his son Christopher with Downs Syndrome and others like him. Read More Federal Minimum Wage Bill Will Put The Differently Abled Out Of Work
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Federal Rule Change to Hurt Wisconsin’s Disabled Workers, Their Families
The MacIver Institute recently highlighted a federal rule change from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services that could mean the end of work programs for people with disabilities all across Wisconsin. Folks from more than 50 organizations in the state could be negatively impacted by the new rule. Read More Federal Rule Change to Hurt Wisconsin’s Disabled Workers, Their Families
Federal Rule Change Threatens Work Program for Those with Disabilities
If the federal government gets its way, working folks with physical and developmental disabilities could lose gainful employment and be forced into nursing homes or stuck in their own homes with little more to do that watch TV. The MacIver Institute recently sat down will some individuals and their families who work at Opportunities, Inc. – an organization that could lose its funding for employing disabled workers – to see how they would be affected. Read More Federal Rule Change Threatens Work Program for Those with Disabilities