Heritage Behavioral Services Blog

If American Health Care Bill is passed into law, 14 million fewer people will be enrolled in Medicaid by 2020 and $834 billions will be cut by the next decade.  Lawmakers can still save the impending health catastrophe. Read more..... .

23 Millions Americans to loose Health Insurance Twenty-three million more people would be left without health insurance over the next decade under the  House-passed legislation to repeal and replace Obamacare , according to a cost estimate released by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO), 

Deep cuts to Medicaid and other programs that people with disabilities rely on are at the heart of President Donald Trump’s first budget proposal.  Trump is looking to slash $610 billion from Medicaid in the next decade.

Brain activity Researchers have found 40 new genes linked with intelligence, but they say their finding doesn't show any clear genetic pattern for intelligence. The study pointed to 52 genes that influence intelligence, some of them previously identified. Yet they account for less than 5 percent of the variation in human intelligence.

The Disability Integration Act, which would offer people with disabilities broader access to community-based services, was introduced in the U.S. House of Representative A bipartisan group of lawmakers is proposing new federal legislation that would ensure people with disabilities have access to community-based services. Under the bill known as the Disability Integration Act, people with disabilities who qualify for long-term services and supports would have the right to receive such assistance in the community.