In Love Doesn't Pay the Bills, we explore the role of family caregivers in the modern United States through personal stories and interviews with leaders. Care work is vital to all other aspects of life, yet often under-resourced. Caregivers cannot house and feed ourselves or provide for our own medical needs based on our love for our family members alone: access to income matters. We also have the same needs as other workers for regular time off, to participate in social life and recreation, and for ongoing education and new opportunities over time. email Lisa: lisatschudi@twosquaredmediaproductions.com
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Disability Care in the Community: With Guest Jenny Price
We talk with Jenny Price (https://wi-bpdd.org/index.php/2026/05/14/wi-bpdd-welcomes-jenny-price-as-new-executive-director/)about home and community based services for people with disabilities. We touch on the history of people with disabilities, what it took to gain the current levels of public support for care in the community as well as why so many people in the disability community are concerned about loosing such supports. We talk about why it is important for people to receive services in their choice of settings.
Jenny is the Executive Director for the Wisconsin Board for People with Developmental Disabilities. Prior to this, she was an award winning journalist reporting for the Associated Press.
Read the full article "Community care enriches lives for the disabled, but advocates say feds are pulling back support (https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/community-care-enriches-lives-disabled-084509649.html)" by Erik Gunn.
Watch the documentary Where's Molly (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwRUyA2OpbU) which is mentioned in the episode.
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23 Jul 2026
The Impact of H.R. 1 on Medicaid: With Guest Mary-Beth Malcarney
Mary-Beth Malcarney returns to update us on the impact of H.R. 1, the so called "big beautiful bill" on Medicaid and those who depend on it. We talk about the variety of responses from different states to this legislation and what may still be coming as the bill takes full effect.
Read about the impact of H.R. 1 on Medicaid: https://familiesusa.org/resources/the-big-budget-bill-one-year-later-millions-lose-coverage-millions-more-remain-at-risk/
Mary-Beth (https://familiesusa.org/staff-bios/#Mary-Beth-Malcarney) is a senior advisor on Medicaid Policy for Families USA (https://familiesusa.org/). She previously worked at the National Academies of Medicine, advising the Social Security Administration on updating disability policies as they related to the health of transgender people.
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9 Jul 2026
When ordinary childhood experiences require extraordinary care: With Guest Lenore Eklund
Lenore Eklund is the Illustrator of "Where is the manual for this!?" and mom to a medically complex child. We talk about the planning and work that goes into kids with disabilities having ordinary(and extraordinarily beautiful) childhood experiences. We talk about what happens when communities around the family take some of that planning off the primary caregiver's shoulders and when they don't. And why it's all worth it!
Read Lenore's substack (https://substack.com/@lenoreeklund)
Get Lenore's book Release: A NICU Fairytale (https://www.amazon.com/dp/1737532506/ref=cm_sw_r_ffobk_cso_cp_apin_dp_VT0G798QTPJZ7SV7YRJM)
Follow Medical Motherhood (https://www.medicalmotherhood.com/), also featuring "Where is the manual for this!?" with excellent reporting about raising and advocating for children with extraordinary care needs.
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