{"id":7032877,"date":"2026-08-08T01:29:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T01:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/activist\/not-dead-yet-condemns-lawsuit-attacking-community-living\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T01:29:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T01:29:17","slug":"not-dead-yet-condemns-lawsuit-attacking-community-living","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7032877","title":{"rendered":"Not Dead Yet Condemns Lawsuit Attacking Community Living"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Not Dead Yet (NDY) writes to express our strong opposition to the lawsuit Texas v.<br \/>Kennedy and its goals. Texas and nine other states (Alaska, Florida, Indiana, Kansas,<br \/>Louisiana, Missouri, Montana, and South Dakota) have decided to spend taxpayer<br \/>dollars undermining people with disabilities\u2019 right to community living. Members of the<br \/>independent living movement founded NDY. We share their commitment to equality and<br \/>freedom for people with disabilities. By attempting to destroy Section 504\u2019s<br \/>deinstitutionalization framework, state plaintiffs do the opposite.<\/p>\n<p>The plaintiffs\u2019 lawsuit is a direct continuation of Texas v. Beccera, a lawsuit by sixteen<br \/>U.S. states which failed to argue that Section 504 was unconstitutional. The current<br \/>lawsuit targets only HHS\u2019 2024 Final Rule, but plaintiffs\u2019 commitment to disability-based<br \/>segregation is the same. In their new lawsuit plaintiffs argue that the Final Rule\u2019s<br \/>requirement that federally funded providers offer services in \u201cthe most integrated setting<br \/>appropriate\u201d is unconstitutional. Plaintiffs also argue that the rule\u2019s prohibition of actions<br \/>that put people with disabilities at \u201cserious risk\u201d of institutionalization is unconstitutional.<\/p>\n<p>Both arguments flagrantly contradict the letter and spirit of the Supreme Court\u2019s<br \/>decision in Olmstead v. L.C. ex. rel. Zimring (1999), which mandates offering services in<br \/>the community whenever doing so is possible, despite their arguments to the contrary.<br \/>The lawsuit repeatedly mentions the \u201cexpense\u201d of providing community-based services.<br \/>In short: the arguments attempt to defy decades of public debate on disability,<br \/>significant changes to federal law and policy and serious efforts to reform the service<br \/>system and Medicaid as a primary payer in favor of a bald-faced attempt to save money<br \/>at people with disabilities\u2019 expense.<\/p>\n<p>NDY has always focused on assisted suicide and euthanasia laws\u2019 implications for the<br \/>broader healthcare delivery system. We believe that these laws are healthcare<br \/>discrimination and that they represent a significant threat to health equity. NDY<br \/>therefore, cannot and will not accept actions by states that treat paying for their disabled<br \/>citizens\u2019 care in the community as a burden. Medicaid began to fully transition away<br \/>from an institutional model more than a decade ago. It is past time for the plaintiffs to ensure people with disabilities have the right to full, independent, self-determined lives with access to services.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on Not Dead Yet and our policy positions, please reach out to<br \/>Kelly Israel, Not Dead Yet\u2019s Interim Deputy Director, at kisrael@notdeadyet.org.<\/p>\n<p>Please also see DREDF\u2019s blog piece for an in-depth look into the situation as it unfolds: <a href=\"https:\/\/dredf.org\/texas-and-eight-other-states-renew-attack-on-section-504-and-the-right-of-disabled-people-to-live-in-their-communities\/\">Texas and Eight Other States Renew Attack on Section 504 and the Right of Disabled People to Live in their Communities<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In Solidarity,<\/p>\n<p>Kelly Israel<\/p>\n<p>Interim Deputy Director<\/p>\n<p>Not Dead Yet<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not Dead Yet (NDY) writes to express our strong opposition to the lawsuit Texas v.Kennedy and its goals. Texas and nine other states (Alaska, Florida, Indiana, Kansas,Louisiana, Missouri, Montana, and South Dakota) have decided to spend taxpayerdollars undermining people with disabilities\u2019 right to community living. Members of theindependent living movement founded NDY. 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