Hello guys I started this petition against The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act passed March 27, 2020 more specifically the H.R.5285 117th Congress (2020-2022) Public Law No: 116 - 136 Extend Unemployment Assistance Act. With this passed more and more chronically ill and disabled patients like myself are left without working caregivers. More hospitals are continuing to be left under staffed losing nurses and doctors. More nursing homes are left stressed with lack of staff which means more vulnerable people like the elderly and disabled are being abused, taken advantage of and neglected than ever before! More chronically ill people have died through this pandemic due to the lack of staff and resources than covid itself. Why is this? Because once this act was passed the caregiver to client or nurse/doctor to patient ratio have surged to the point that there is not enough care available for chronically ill patients and this ultimately is actually what led to more people dying from covid as well. This also contributes to the lack of trauma based emergency response turn around time for those in need of emergency medical assistance. The lack of available hospital beds all across the country due to the increase of demand for care leaving more patients sick with less staff available to care for them. In addition more chronically ill patients are being rushed to discharge sooner than expected leaving quicker readmission within 1-3 days. The more people on unemployment benefits the less people working and the less people who work the more strain this puts on our economy. Do you want gas prices to go down and rent to stop increasing? Do you want services that have been cut like “medicaid funding” changes to become available again to those need? Do you want more vacation time? Those on unemployment are forcing you to work more to compensate for their lack of contribution to the working class economy. Do you want disabled people to have access to the care they deserve and need for survival at the will of those who simply “choose not to work” because they have more readily options to do so? If you work and said yes to any of those then please sign this petition. With Need Rising, Medicaid Is at Risk for Cuts (July 2020) “ The growing need for Medicaid coincides with a major state budget crisis. States budget shortfalls are projected to total $555 billion through state fiscal year 2022, largely because revenues have fallen precipitously and will not recover until the virus is under control and economic activity rebounds. Federal policymakers acted quickly in March to provide additional Medicaid funding and institute protections that keep states from cutting eligibility or taking away coverage from current enrollees. Even so, a number of states have made or are considering Medicaid cuts, including reductions in provider payments, reversals of planned and needed coverage improvements, and furloughs and hiring freezes impacting eligibility workers. States are also cutting behavioral health programs, and, even in the midst of a pandemic, are cutting their public health budgets.” cbpp.org President’s Budget Would Hurt People With Disabilities “President Trump’s 2021 budget would make it harder for millions of people with disabilities to afford such basics as food, housing, and health care by cutting tens of billions of dollars from disability programs, including Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI). And it would compound the hit for those with disabilities by also severely cutting Medicaid, food assistance, and housing vouchers, all while proposing to extend tax cuts that overwhelmingly benefit those at the top.” cbpp.org The 2021 American Nursing Shortage: A Data Study (May 2021) “ As of February 2021, registered nursing was the fifth-most in-demand job in the American workforce, according to LinkedIn.3 Healthcare facilities are searching for skilled RNs because they are facing increased patient demand for care. The country has a larger population over the age of 65 than ever before in its history, composed primarily of baby boomers (those born between 1946 and 1964). This 65+ demographic has grown rapidly, jumping from 41 million people in 2011 to 71 million in 2019—a whopping 73% increase.4 And the U.S. Census Bureau projected that number to continue to rise, estimating it will reach 73 million by 2030.5 With better and more accessible healthcare, the growing population of seniors requires more health services due to age-related conditions. Lengthened lifespans stretch out the timeframe when patients require services, thus adding pressure to an already strained healthcare system.” www.usa.edu Pandemic-fueled shortages of home health aides strand patients without care (Feb 2022) Live TV Pandemic-fueled shortages of home health aides strand patients without care By Judith Graham, Kaiser Health News Updated 4:32 AM EST, Thu February 03, 2022 Many seniors are going without needed assistance during the pandemic. (CNN) Frail older adults are finding it harder than ever to get paid help amid acute staff shortages at home health agencies. Several trends are fueling the shortages: Hospitals and other employers are hiring away home health workers with better pay and benefits. Many aides have fallen ill or been exposed to Covid-19 during the recent surge of omicron cases and must quarantine for a time. And staffers are burned out after working during the pandemic in difficult, anxiety-provoking circumstances. The implications for older adults are dire. Some seniors who are ready for discharge are waiting in hospitals or rehabilitation centers for several days before home care services can be arranged. Some are returning home with less help than would be optimal. Some are experiencing cutbacks in services. And some simply can't find care. CNN.com Please sign this petition to pull back budget cuts towards unemployment which will hurt so many patients in our economy under the CARES act H.R.5285 117th Congress (2020-2022) Public Law No: 116 - 136 Extend Unemployment Assistance Act. Sign this petition to Bring more available care to disabled people who are chronically ill. The ones who truly really need and deserve it! The ones who legally cannot work due to a medial condition that determines them legally disabled. Sign this petition to get more staff in our medical facilities. Peoples lives depends on it! Sign this petition to stop cutting budgets from Medicaid providing healthcare to millions of Americans in order to fund more unemployment! Sign this petition so more people who are able will get back to work and less people who are unable don’t suffer the consequences. Sign this petition to bring down inflation if gas prices and increasing rent due to millions of unfilled jobs from the CAREs act extending unemployment benefits!