Don’t balance waiver budgets on caregivers’ backs

By: Mike Miller

Outlets: Indiana Capital Chronicle

Published: March 25, 2026

Words: 1,135

Last Updated: 4 months, 1 week ago

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I’m a Republican dad in Indiana. I believe in working hard, taking care of your family, and not asking government to do what we should do ourselves. My wife and I have lived those values. We’ve built a life around them.

But I’m writing this with knots in my stomach, because nobody who hasn’t lived it understands what “personal responsibility” looks like when you’re the parent of an adult child with significant disabilities who needs …

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