Why this activist is putting her body on the line for Americans with disabilities
Flanked by her friends as lawmakers debated the future of a 60-year-old health care plan, Latoya Maddox raised her voice, shouting, “No cuts to Medicaid! No cuts to Medicaid!”
The chanting, during a meeting of the House Energy and Commerce Committee on May 13, quickly earned her and her fellow disabled activists in the room a rough escort out by Capitol Police. “A man just came over and started yanking on our chairs, like yanking them to the point where we thought we were gonna get knocked out of them. I was like, you’re gonna break the chair!” said Maddox, who uses a power wheelchair.
O. Rose Broderick
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