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I work with adults with developmental disabilities in a Supported Living Program. Several of our clients would be classified as the ones who are extremely expensive in the health care system, going to the hospital several times a week or month. With the proposed budget cuts on Seniors & Adults with DD, we are looking at cuts in their funding, which in turn cuts the amount of support we can provide and will increase their medical crises. We are hoping the goverment will see the connection between these two, and how costs will inflate by cutting their service rates now.

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