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Fixing Fraud While Saving Medicaid for Those Who Need It

Waste, fraud, and abuse aren’t just budget problems—they’re human ones. By Leslie Ford, Sara Hart Weir, and Rachel Barkley Medicaid was created in 1965 to ...

The Dominoes Begin to Fall — The U.S. and Europe, 1990s-2010

Part 8 in the 11-Part Series “Is Any Life Unworthy of Living?“ Mark P. Mostert, Ph.D. With assisted suicide and euthanasia now in the cultural ...

ABLE 3.0 Takes Center Stage on Capitol Hill

On April 15th, Able Americans and its Coalition to Fix the Disability System gathered bipartisan policymakers, advocates, and disability community leaders at the Russell Senate ...

Making Killing Legal Again — The 1980s-1990s

Part 7 in the 11-Part Series “Is Any Life Unworthy of Living?“ Mark P. Mostert, Ph.D. By the end of the 1970s, while assisted suicide ...

The Bioethical and Societal Turn Towards Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia – The 1970s

Part 6 in the 11-Part Series “Is Any Life Unworthy of Living?“ Mark P. Mostert, Ph.D. Just as medical science pivoted to more “scientific” uses ...

Rachel Barkley: Fraud Reform Must Target Criminals, Not Cut Off Disability Care

“When government responds to fraud with blunt instruments, the people who rely on these programs can become collateral damage.” In a commentary published at The ...

The Fall and Rise of Eugenics – The 1950s and 1960s

Part 5 in the 11-Part Series “Is Any Life Unworthy of Living?“ Mark P. Mostert, Ph.D. When Allied forces liberated the camps between the summer ...

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Boeing Refuses to Listen to Passengers With Disabilities

At this week’s Boeing annual meeting, Able Americans Director Rachel Barkley will call out Boeing executives for refusing to establish a Disability Access Committee to improve safety ...

The End of an Official Killing Program and Discovery of the Nazi Horror

Part 4 in the 10-Part Series “Is Any Life Unworthy of Living?“ Mark P. Mostert, Ph.D. The secret official and organized killing under Aktion T4 ...

Life Unworthy of Life: A Tragic Reality – 1940s

Part 3 in the 10-Part Series “Is Any Life Unworthy of Living?“ Mark P. Mostert, Ph.D. Unofficial killing began in earnest before Aktion T4 was ...