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Health Law and Policy

University of Washington School of Law

2008

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Book Review - Uninsured In America: Life And Death In The Land Of Opportunity, Elizabeth Pendo Jan 2008

Book Review - Uninsured In America: Life And Death In The Land Of Opportunity, Elizabeth Pendo

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Health care reform tops our national policy agenda, ranking second only behind Iraq as the issue that the public wants the 2008 Presidential candidates to address. This is no surprise, as health care spending represents nearly one out of every six dollars spent in the national economy, costs continue to climb, and health insurance is increasingly hard to get, keep, and afford. The numbers are staggering, and numbing. Most of us have heard that 46.5 million people were without insurance for the entire year in 2006, and nearly 89.6 million people were without insurance for some period during 2006 or …


Disability, Equipment Barriers And Women’S Health: Using The Ada To Provide Meaningful Access, Elizabeth Pendo Jan 2008

Disability, Equipment Barriers And Women’S Health: Using The Ada To Provide Meaningful Access, Elizabeth Pendo

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It is well-known that people with disabilities face multiple barriers to adequate health care, including lower average incomes, disproportionate poverty, and issues with insurance coverage. This article focuses on a more fundamental barrier-one that has not been discussed in the legal literature-inaccessible medical equipment and its effect on the delivery of women's health care to millions of women with disabilities .