Roberta (Bobbi) Taylor lives in Livingston, Montana. She is a single mother of two children. In 1995 she crushed both of her feet in a bad car accident, and she is now unable to work. Bobbi was only recently approved to receive Social Security Disability Insurance and is waiting for approval for Medicare insurance. She came to Washington DC this summer to lobby elected officials in favor of...

Patricia Vincent-Piet's husband has a personal care attendant to assist him with daily activities he couldn't do on his own. Medicaid helps him to get the assistance he needs to keep working and living at home.

Fenny Dorsey is from Mexico, Missouri. She receives Supplemental Security Income (SSI) while helping to support her disabled brother and 15 year old disabled granddaughter, both of whom receive Medicaid benefits. Fenny has been active in her community to prevent programs like Social Security and Medicaid from being cut. She advocates not just for her own family but also works closely with many...

After Elizabeth's father died in a mining accident, her mother relied on Social Security to get her family back on its feet. Without the safety net, Elizabeth's mother wouldn't have been able to go back to work, and Elizabeth wouldn't have been able to go to college.