Disability rights advocates in Wisconsin are concerned and surprised by a number of proposed cuts and changes to care services in Gov. Scott Walker's two-year budget.
Both Disability Rights Wisconsin and the Survival Coalition of Wisconsin Disability Organizations released memos this month highlighting provisions of the budget that would affect people with disabilities, including changes to long-term care for adults and children, the elimination of several programs and decreased legislative oversight of managed care organizations.
"We are really surprised by this, because there was no indication that changes of this magnitude were going to take place," said Beth Swedeen, executive director of the Wisconsin Board for People with Developmental Disabilities. "This seems to be a surprise to everybody: managed care organizations, the IRIS program, participants. Nobody seems to have known that this was coming."
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