rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/petition/freakin-frail?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-petition-area-freakin-frail' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> The MEAction Network https://actionnetwork.org/groups/the-meaction-network https://can2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/share_options/facebook_images/000/605/137/original/FreakinFrail_FeaturedImage_2.jpg New Medicaid work rules will take effect at the end of 2026. Our care and support systems have long been rigged against disabled people, and these new paperwork rules will push even more sick people off the care and support they need! Please sign our letter to the HHS Secretary, urging him to recognize people with ME/CFS and Long COVID as “medically frail” so their access to Medicaid is protected. Sign the Petition TODAY! WHY MEDICALLY FRAIL: Congress has mandated that Medicaid recipients work 80 hours a month unless they can prove they are “medically frail,” or risk losing their Medicaid. Attempting to meet an 80‑hour work requirement for most people with ME/CFS and Long COVID will only worsen their illness, and may cause permanent harm. Before states start enforcing these new work rules, the HHS Secretary must issue guidance that will shape how states decide who counts as “medically frail.” FREAKIN' FRAIL: This petition is a critical first step in what will be a year-long campaign, at both federal and state levels, to protect access to Medicaid for people with ME/CFS and Long COVID. Our campaign will also continue to work in a larger disability coalition that advocates to all decision-makers to define “medically frail” as broadly as possible to capture everyone whose health or function limits their ability to meet the new work requirement. This will be our biggest fight yet, and we need everyone to get involved! https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/freakin-frail