{"id":1417,"date":"2023-10-13T11:43:20","date_gmt":"2023-10-13T15:43:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/rubenstein\/?p=1417"},"modified":"2025-10-28T11:46:59","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T15:46:59","slug":"medicaid-is-a-vital-lifeline-for-adults-with-down-syndrome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/rubenstein\/2023\/10\/13\/medicaid-is-a-vital-lifeline-for-adults-with-down-syndrome\/","title":{"rendered":"Medicaid Is a Vital Lifeline for Adults with Down Syndrome"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"border-bottom:1px solid:#ccc; padding:15px 0; overflow:auto;\">\n<div style=\"overflow:hidden; float:left; width:75%;\">\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 5px 0; font-size:14px;\">\n      Featuring <a href=\"\/rubenstein\/profile\/eric-rubenstein\/\">Eric Rubenstein<\/a>\n    <\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 5px 0; font-size:16px;\">\nA new study led by Boston University researchers found that nearly all U.S. adults with Down syndrome rely on Medicaid and use significantly more healthcare services and resources than those without developmental disabilities, highlighting both the program\u2019s essential role in their wellbeing and persistent racial disparities in access to equitable care.\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"float:right; width:23%; text-align:right;\">\n    <a href=\"\/rubenstein\/profile\/eric-rubenstein\/\"><br \/>\n      <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/rubenstein\/files\/2023\/02\/Eric-Rubenstein.png\" alt=\"Eric Rubenstein\" width=\"240\" height=\"240\" style=\"border-radius:10px;\"><br \/>\n    <\/a>\n  <\/div>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h5>Read the full article here:<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Kw8fx7J8gY\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/news\/articles\/2023\/medicaid-is-a-vital-lifeline-for-adults-with-down-syndrome\/\">Medicaid Is a Vital Lifeline for Adults with Down Syndrome<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Medicaid Is a Vital Lifeline for Adults with Down Syndrome&#8221; &#8212; SPH\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/news\/articles\/2023\/medicaid-is-a-vital-lifeline-for-adults-with-down-syndrome\/embed\/#?secret=Kw8fx7J8gY\" data-secret=\"Kw8fx7J8gY\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Featuring Eric Rubenstein A new study led by Boston University researchers found that nearly all U.S. adults with Down syndrome rely on Medicaid and use significantly more healthcare services and resources than those without developmental disabilities, highlighting both the program\u2019s essential role in their wellbeing and persistent racial disparities in access to equitable care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24479,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/rubenstein\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1417"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/rubenstein\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/rubenstein\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/rubenstein\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24479"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/rubenstein\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1417"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/rubenstein\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1417\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1422,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/rubenstein\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1417\/revisions\/1422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/rubenstein\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/rubenstein\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/rubenstein\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}