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Update: March 11, 2021

President Biden has signed the latest COVID-19 relief bill, the American Rescue Plan Act, into law. Thanks to your advocacy, the bill includes the dedicated funding for home and community-based services (HCBS) that we have been fighting for since the beginning of the pandemic, along with other important disability priorities. HCBS funding is critical to help individuals with disabilities and older adults remain safely in their home rather than being forced into nursing homes and other congregate settings that have faced severe COVID-19 outbreaks.

For more on what disability priorities are and are not included in the American Rescue Plan Act, check out our fact sheet. More on the bill is also available on our COVID-19 legislation page.

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#TaxOnDisability Sample Tweets

87M families low & middle-income families, including many people w/disabilities, will see a tax hike, not a tax cut.A�#TaxOnDisabilityA�

People under 40K/year (including many ppl w/disabilities) will see a tax hike in FY2019.A� This is not a middle class tax cut.A�#TaxOnDisabilityA�

All people under 75k/year, including many people with disabilities, will see a tax hike by FY2027.A� #TaxOnDisabilityA�

#TCJA repeals the individual mandate, shifting billions that would fund Medicaid and help people buy health insurance to pay for lower taxes for millionaires. #TaxOnDisabilityA�

13M more Americans will end up uninsured as a result of the repeal of the individual mandate to pay for tax breaks for millionaires.A�#TaxOnDisabilityA�

The individual mandate underpins the protections for pre-existing conditions. If it goes, the #pre-existing conditions protections will likely follow.A�#TaxOnDisabilityA�

To find enough dollars to make corporate tax cuts permanent, the tax bill lets most of the modest cuts for individuals EXPIRE after 5yrs.A�#TaxOnDisabilityA�

#TJCAa��s $1.4 trillion deficit increase will require cuts to Medicare, disability employment programs & other important programs under budget rules. #TaxOnDisabilityA�

If the tax bill passes, a small business will pay more to install ramps or Braille signs, but millionaires will still take deductions for their private jets.A�#TaxOnDisabilityA�

I am 1 of 9M #Americans who utilized the #medicalexpense deduction for _____. Removing it is aA�#TaxOnDisabilityA� (BONUS: if possible, attach a photo of you and the item)

    • Wheelchairs, including operation and maintenance costs
    • Money paid for transportation a�� including bus, taxi, train, plane or ambulance services a�� for medical care for people with disabilities, as well as their caregivers
    • Installing specialized medical equipment in a patienta��s home or vehicle
    • Physical therapy
    • Prosthetics
    • Expenses related to the costs of buying, training and maintaining a service animal
    • Improvements to a property rented by a person with a disability, such as special plumbing fixtures

The holiday season provides a great chance for seasonal work for #disability community. CBusiness credits for creating those opportunities can reach $2,400; ending Work Opportunity Tax Credit is aA�#TaxOnDisability

Eliminating orphan drug tax credit is aA�#TaxOnDisability. Older Americans, ppl w disabilities more likely to have rare disease, conditionA�#TCJAA�#TaxReform

Under #TCJA 1/3 fewer drugs 4 rare diseases would be developed. Families of people with such conditions left without options, hope. No toA�#TaxOnDisability

#TCJAa��s $1.4 trillion cut in revenue could force massive cuts to #Medicaid and damage state programs for ppl w disabilities. No to#TaxOnDisability

After decades fighting to live and work in the community, #TCJA moves the goal post for #disability community to realize the American Dream.A�#TaxOnDisability

#TCJA may result in older Americans and #disability community paying more taxes on Social Security benefits.#TaxOnDisability

It’s frightening how multiple attacks on the disability community all feed into another: effort to repeal ACA, the tax billA�that is aA�#TaxonDisability, and HR 620, a bill that would weaken the ADA.A�

#TCJAA�could kill investments in underserved communities that provide ppl with disabilities a place to live and a place to work. No toA�#TaxOnDisability

Source of data for tweets:A� Center for American Progress, The Republican Tax Plan Is a Tax on Disability