Colorful doodles and text emphasizing how to improve medicaid

Title: How to improve medicaid (for those who “truly need it”)

Image of man in wheelchair smacking his head. T-shirt reads, “our homes not nursing homes”. Man is saying “we already cannot get enough support to eat, bathe, dress, toilet, transportation, work, shop or be safe.”

Image of shocked looking man, “you mean disabled folks don’t just get what they need?” large question mark over his head.

Highlighted groups of texts.

Increase funding! End waiting lists! Millions unserved & underserved
Includes a doodle of a money bag and green arrow pointing up.

Increase rates! End staffing shortage crisis! Improve quality! Along with an image of dollar signs getting larger with an arrow going up.

End institutional bias! Home & community based services (HCBS) must be mandatory! (not optional)

Increase rights, protections, opportunities & accessibility!
At the bottom of the cartoon is a row of protest signs with some hands holding them up.

Signs read: equal access!; Disability rights are civil rights!; Stop segregation; Implement Olmstead! End disability poverty!; Community supports now!; Cuts will kill; Real homes not group homes

The words “Talk with the people!” Appears over a cat.

Colleen Tomko copyright 2025