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• Today (September 2021) As kids with COVID-19 fill hospitals, others miss out on life changing surgeries

• New York Times (August 2021) Families of High-Risk Children Despair Over Covid Resurgence

• Spectrum News (August 2021) Officials, advocates urge Americans to sign up for health care ahead of deadline

• Roll Call (August 2021) As schools reopen, state laws, unions resist vaccine mandates

• U.S. News & World Report (July 2021) Disability Advocates Press Lawmakers for Better Home-Based Services

• Independent (July 2021) Disability advocates push for home and community-based care in Democrats’ infrastructure reconciliation plan

• Today (July 2021) Meet the families lobbying for money to keep their kids at home

• Washington Post (June 2021) My son’s home health worker is the face of infrastructure

• Virginia Mercury (June 2021) Home care workers allow me to keep a roof over my head. They deserve a better deal.

• Insider (June 2021) Democrats just unveiled a $400 billion caregiving bill that would supercharge home care and boost pay for workers as 820,000 people wait for help

• Vox (August 6, 2020) We Need to Talk About What School Closures Mean for Kids with Disabilities

• STAT News (March 2020) For people with underlying health conditions, the coronavirus presents ‘all the ingredients’ for danger

• Detroit Free Press (February 6, 2020) How Democratic presidential candidates want to change your health care

• The Hill (February 4, 2020) Pelosi Invites Head of Disability Advocacy Group to State of the Union

• Loudoun Now (February 4, 2020) Wexton Invites Loudoun Woman to State of the Union to Highlight Healthcare

• Click On Detroit (February 4, 2020) Sen. Debbie Stabenow speaks to Local 4 ahead of President Trump’s State of the Union address

• The Hill (December 16, 2019) Major Union Backs Push to Close Pennsylvania Center for the Disabled

• North Carolina Health News (September 26, 2019) Raising and Speaking Out for Medically Fragile Kids

• The Washington Post (April 1, 2019) If Trump ends Obamacare, keeping my daughter alive will wipe me out

• Think Progress (March 27, 2019) What will happen if the Trump Administration wins the lawsuit to repeal Obamacare?

• The Washington Post (February 13, 2019) Maryland is failing to protect the civil rights of people with disabilities

• The New York Times (February 7, 2019) Democrats Unite to Begin Push to Protect Pre-Existing Condition Coverage

• KBMC News (February 4, 2019) Prairie Village woman, son will be guests at State of the Union speech

• Scary Mommy (January 10, 2019) What I Want Lawmakers to Understand About Health Care

• The Lily (December 27, 2018) The ACA is in danger. The outcome is a matter of life and death for my 12-year-old daughter.

• Romper (December 9, 2018) PTSD Helps Parents Keep Their Medically Fragile Children Alive – But at What Cost?

• The New York Times (November 29, 2018) Trump’s New Wall to Keep Out the Disabled

• Vox (November 12, 2018) I took my 3-year-old to Congress to fight for health care. I feel like we won the midterms.

• Amy Poehler’s Smart Girls (November 2, 2018) I’m 16 Years Old. And I Need You to Vote on November 6th

• New York Magazine, The Cut (October 30, 2018) I Voted for Republicans, Until They Voted Against My Son

• LA Times (September 14, 2018) Patient Advocates, Healthcare Groups sue Trump Administration to Preserve Insurance Protections

• The Hill (August 31, 2018) Please, stop Kavanaugh — my daughter's life is on the line

• Politico Pulse (August 24, 2018) Around the Nation: The Little Lobbyists are Back

• Huffington Post (July 26, 2018) What It Says To My Daughter When Lawmakers Treat Accessibility As An Afterthought

• The M Word (May 11, 2018) Dear First Lady Melania Trump…I Also Have A 12-Year-Old Son

• The Baltimore Sun (November 15, 2017) We will fight for our kids' health care, Congress

• New York Times (September 30, 2017) ‘Little Lobbyists’ Help Save the Health Care Law, For Now

• The Washington Post (September 28, 2017) My Daughter Doesn’t Have ‘Special’ Needs. She’s Disabled.

• Small Deeds Done (September 18, 2017) Going Big with on Health Care with the Little Lobbyists

• Hyattsville Life & Times (August 18, 2017) Little Lobbyists. Big Message: Local family travels to Capitol Hill to advocate for ACA

• thestar.com (August 6, 2017) These Americans beat Donald Trump and saved Obamacare. They say they can do it again

• TIME Magazine (July 29, 2017) How Women Helped Save Obamacare

• Splinter (July 28, 2017) At the Capitol With Those for Whom Last Night Mattered the Most

• Upworthy (July 28, 2017) They’re tiny. They just helped save Obamacare. And they’re not done yet

• Roll Call (July 26, 2017) Little Lobbyists how-to

• Amy Poehler’s Smart Girls (July 19, 2017) The Little Lobbyists Continue to Fight for Health Care Access

• Circa (July 17, 2017) A kid lobbyist explained what it’s like talking health care with senators (with video)

• TIME Magazine (July 13, 2017) The United Patients of America

• Circa (July 11, 2017) These Little Lobbyists are telling Senators to Vote “NO” on the GOP health care bill

• Today.com (July 7, 2017) For these moms, the health care debate is personal

• The Washington Post (June 22, 2017) Parents of sick kids try to remind Congress what the health-care debate should be about

• Vox.com (June 21, 2017) The Littlest Lobbyist: A 6-year-old, whose life depends on ACA, heads to Capitol Hill

• Vox.com (March 2, 2017) The Obamacare provision that saved thousands from bankruptcy