Budget cuts currently being considered in Congress will hurt older adults, according to Iris Freeman, a former board member at Trellis and founding chair of the Minnesota Elder Justice Center. Freeman’s opinion piece, published in the Star Tribune on May 2, 2025, warns that more than Social Security and Medicare are at risk.
Freeman notes that Medicaid cuts will affect nursing home residents and people with disabilities. Cuts to Adult Protective Services, the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program and the Victims of Crimes Act will make people less safe. The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program is also on the chopping block, putting older adults at risk for needing to choose between “furnace or food.”
Read the article, “Federal lawmakers are failing older Minnesotans.” (Gift link)