We Need to Keep Medicaid Strong for care recipients and families: With Guest Nicole Jorwic

https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Podcasts112/v4/f7/62/db/f762db72-4be1-1f54-77d4-292cd9a82b85/mza_2637255330809441685.jpg/600x600bb.jpg

Love Doesn't Pay The Bills

Two Squared Media Productions

50 episodes

3 months ago

In Love Doesn't Pay the Bills, we explore the role of family caregivers in the modern United States through personal stories and interviews with leaders. Care work is vital to all other aspects of life, yet often under-resourced. Caregivers cannot house and feed ourselves or provide for our own medical needs based on our love for our family members alone: access to income matters. We also have the same needs as other workers for regular time off, to participate in social life and recreation, and for ongoing education and new opportunities over time. email Lisa: lisatschudi@twosquaredmediaproductions.com

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/love-doesn-t-pay-the-bills--5692861/support.

All content for Love Doesn't Pay The Bills is the property of Two Squared Media Productions and is served directly from their servers with no modification, redirects, or rehosting. The podcast is not affiliated with or endorsed by Podjoint in any way.

We Need to Keep Medicaid Strong for care recipients and families: With Guest Nicole Jorwic

Love Doesn't Pay The Bills

25 minutes

10 months ago

We Need to Keep Medicaid Strong for care recipients and families: With Guest Nicole Jorwic

With recent threats to Medicaid funding, we discuss why Medicaid is important to care in the United States, what it is and what cutting funds might mean.

“More than 72 million people have health insurance through Medicaid – that’s more than one in five Americans. It covers children, senior citizens, people with disabilities, parents and adults without dependents. In addition, more than 7.2 million children are enrolled in the Children’s Health Insurance Program, because their families’ incomes are too high to qualify for Medicaid.

Medicaid provides health insurance for about two in five children and also covers about 40% of all births, according to KFF, a nonpartisan health policy research group. It also covers more than 60% of nursing home residents and nearly 30% of non-elderly adults with mental illness, as well as about one in three people with disabilities. Plus, it pays for substance abuse treatment.”-CNN

Nicole Jorwic is the Chief of Campaigns and Advocacy at Caring Across Generations. She is a family caregiver, having a brother with significant disabilities, and watched her parents navigate care for her grandparents. These experiences led Nicole to passionately advocate for a better experience for everyone. She is not afraid to share her viewpoints and positions. More information about Nicole and Caring Across Generations is here: https://caringacross.org/about/team/

Learn more about the difference between Medicaid and Medicare here: https://www.hhs.gov/answers/medicare-and-medicaid/what-is-the-difference-between-medicare-
medicaid/index.html

Read the full story quoted from CNN: https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/26/politics/medicaid-proposed-cuts-what-matters/index.html

Read about the popularity of Medicaid here: https://www.kff.org/health-costs/poll-finding/kff-health-tracking-poll-public-weighs-health-care-spending-and-other-priorities-for-incoming-administration/

Find out what Medicaid is called in your state: https://www.healthcare.gov/medicaid-chip-program-names/

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/love-doesn-t-pay-the-bills--5692861/support.