BHS 2019 Grad Vincent Pinti Continues to Make Mark at University of Michigan; Featured in Medicaid Piece
By Connect-Bridgeport Staff on May 23, 2025
FROM THE GERALD R. FORD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
If you ask Vincent Pinti (MPP/JD '27) why he entered the dual degree master’s of public policy and law program at the University of Michigan, he’ll tell you that he didn’t have a choice.
Pinti—who uses a wheelchair due to a genetic condition called spinal-muscular atrophy—spent his undergraduate years advocating for disabled students to receive the care they need to attend college. The experience taught Pinti how much he loved helping others and also that he would need to become a lawyer and policy expert if he wanted to pursue a rewarding career.
That’s because Medicaid, the government health insurance that covers long-term care for the disabled, only provides coverage to people who make less than $20,000 a year. Someone like Pinti would lose their benefits if they earned more. And the out-of-pocket costs for 24-7 care is more than $130,000 a year—expenses not covered by employer-sponsored health insurance.
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Editor's Note: Photo courtesy of the University of Michigan.
