Kelly Griffin had grown tired of living with roommates and reveled in having her own apartment during her senior year at Judson University in Elgin, Illinois.

Kelly has Down’s Syndrome and qualifies for a Medicaid benefit known as Home and Community Based Services. The program paid for a personal service worker to help her succeed at living alone.

More than 3 million Illinois residents like Kelly receive health insurance and long-term care through Medicaid. The joint federal-state program covers low-income people and those with disabilities. But the Trump administration wants to cut $1.5 trillion dollars in federal spending. which according to a report released in March by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO), won’t be possible without steep cuts to Medicaid.

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