BREAKING: Last-Minute Rauner Jockeying on Home Healthcare Does Not Remove Need for House Bill 2482; Seniors and People with Disabilities Used as Political Pawns

By SEIU Healthcare

IMG_1557FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, Monday, November 09, 2015

Contact: Graeme.Zielinski@seiuhcil.org,

 

CHICAGO-Following is the statement of SEIU Healthcare Illinois President Keith Kelleher following news that Bruce Rauner is, for the moment, abandoning harmful new eligibility requirements for seniors and people with disabilities that would be prevented by House Bill 2482:

“As with child care, home healthcare for vulnerable people in Illinois will remain under the sword of Bruce Rauner until and unless his power to do harm is offset. Therefore, we urge that legislators vote for House Bill 2482 when they convene Tuesday and protect seniors and people with disabilities from ever being used as political pawns. This is not a time for celebration: We should never have gotten to this point in the first place.”

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