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August 7, 2020
Black, Disabled, and Uncounted
Daniel Young Coronavirus, Disability, Health Equity
Black people with disabilities are in a health equity crisis in the United States that is compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic — we just don’t know exactly how bad it is. Race and disability status expose Black people with disabilities to two separate sets of COVID-19 risks. Black people…
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August 6, 2020
Trump Administration Rolls Back Important Health Care Protections for People with Disabilities and Chronic Health Conditions
Dania Douglas 1557, Coronavirus, Disability
On June 24, 2020, the Trump Administration announced it would roll back regulatory provisions protecting against discrimination in health care. Delivered in the midst of a global pandemic, this news was particularly devastating to people with disabilities and chronic health conditions who have been disproportionately impacted by COVID 19.Prior…
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July 26, 2020
The Americans with Disabilities Act at 30
National Health Law Program Disability Affinity Group Disability, Uncategorized
The National Health Law Program (NHeLP) has a long history of fighting to advance and defend the health rights of people with disabilities. This legacy includes our advocacy for robust enforcement of federal laws designed to prohibit discrimination, including the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Since the ADA’s passage…
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May 6, 2020
Telehealth and Disability: Challenges and Opportunities for Care
Daniel Young and Elizabeth Edwards Coronavirus, Disability
In response to the COVID-19 public health emergency, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently published guidance for states on how to expand the use of telehealth services in Medicaid. For people with disabilities, who may receive health care through Medicaid, this expansion of telehealth has both…
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April 29, 2020
Disability, Race, and Structural Inequity: COVID-19 and the Long-Term Care Workforce
David Machledt Coronavirus, Disability
A recent NPR investigation into nursing home COVID-19 outbreaks revealed one factor strongly correlated with the most affected facilities. Not quality of care. Not staffing levels. It was race and ethnicity. Any story of COVID-19 and long-term care should include race and ethnicity alongside disability. That also applies to…
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May 28, 2019
Administration’s Proposed Regulation Change to ACA’s Nondiscrimination Provision Would Rollback Civil and Health Rights Progress
Elizabeth G. Taylor 1557, Disability, Health Equity, Homepage
Opening the door to discrimination in our health care system is no way to ensure equal access to vital health care coverage or to plan for our country’s future. We should be building on the progress we made in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in making health care available…
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Black, Disabled, and Uncounted

Trump Administration Rolls Back Important Health Care Protections for People with Disabilities and Chronic Health Conditions

The Americans with Disabilities Act at 30

Administration’s Proposed Regulation Change to ACA’s Nondiscrimination Provision Would Rollback Civil and Health Rights Progress

Disability

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Black, Disabled, and Uncounted

Trump Administration Rolls Back Important Health Care Protections for People with Disabilities and Chronic Health Conditions

The Americans with Disabilities Act at 30

Telehealth and Disability: Challenges and Opportunities for Care

Disability, Race, and Structural Inequity: COVID-19 and the Long-Term Care Workforce

Administration’s Proposed Regulation Change to ACA’s Nondiscrimination Provision Would Rollback Civil and Health Rights Progress