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Income limits stiffle career advancement for people with disabilities.

People with disabilities should have access to the support and care they need to thrive independently in ALL aspects of their lives—without limitations on their income or savings!

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I curious. What are the disability benefits providing that a working disabled person working full time would lose without the benefits? Meaning. If they work full time would they actually need disability benefits? I'm just curious. I'm not disabled but I have several chronic health issues I am currently being treated for. I do not have my own health insurance. I have medi-cal (medicaide) to cover the costs of my mental health and other prescriptions, ongoing dental treatment, my back problems and my Cpap machine and supplies. I do work around 30 hours a week but even if I worked 40 I would not be able to afford medical care for myself. My employer does not offer medical coverage and if they did I would likely struggle to be able to meet the required premiums and monthly costs. I havr had to turn down extra hours and jobs that pay just a little more because I am only allowed to make so much.money before I lose my medi-cal. I would like to get a higher paying full time job but then I would lose my medical which means every extra penny I would make would end up going to pay for my medical needs. So I would be working.way more and making way more but still be paycheck to paycheck with nothing left to save up for my future. I feel like all the different government aid programs like medicaid, SSI, food stamps. Section 8 etc should allow their consumers to save more money. If my relative gave me a large cash gift right now to put down on a home I would lose my medical coverage. If I was allowed to save money and make more money I might be able to pay for my own insurance one day. Or buy a home or fix my credit or start my own business.

A strong democracy is essential to a caring economy, where we all have a voice in what happens in our communities.

Domestic worker organizing is deeply intertwined with the civil rights movement and voter rights organizing. Dorothy Bolden, the "unsung mother" of the domestic worker rights movement, built political power by requiring all members of the National Domestic Workers Union to register to vote.

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