Disabled Seize College Site, Ask to See Health Secretary
<i> United Press International</i>
ATLANTA —
About 60 wheelchair-bound protesters occupied the Morehouse College president’s office Monday, demanding that college officials help arrange a meeting with Health and Human Services Secretary Louis W. Sullivan.
The group, American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today, wants Sullivan, a former school official, to redirect 25% of Medicaid’s $17.5-billion nursing home budget to programs that would provide home care for the disabled.
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