Rocky Mountain News, Mon. May 10, 1993

[Headline] Disabled seek in-home care

Hundreds of disabled Americans rallied near the Capitol on Sunday to launch a three-day lobbying drive to shift federal dollars from nursing homes to in-home care. "For every dollar we spend in nursing home care, we can provide services for two people in the community," rally organizer Mike Auberger said. "Our homes, not nursing homes," said a placard attached to Sharon Sutow's wheelchair as speakers denounced requiring many elderly persons to be confinced to nursing homes if they are to get affordable health care. ADAPT, a Denver-based group that organized the lobbying drive, wants $5.5 billion in Medicaid funds for in-home care for the elderly and disabled.

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