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The Relationship Between Erisa, State And Local Health Care Experimentation, And The Passage Of National Health Care Reform, Christopher J. Frankenfield
The Relationship Between Erisa, State And Local Health Care Experimentation, And The Passage Of National Health Care Reform, Christopher J. Frankenfield
Journal of Health Care Law and Policy
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Reducing Disparities Through Health Care Reform: Disability And Accessible Medical Equipment, Elizabeth Pendo
Reducing Disparities Through Health Care Reform: Disability And Accessible Medical Equipment, Elizabeth Pendo
All Faculty Scholarship
People with disabilities face multiple barriers to adequate health care and report poorer health status than people without disabilities. Although health care institutions, offices, and programs are required to be accessible, people with disabilities are still receiving unequal and in many cases inadequate care. The 2009 report by the National Council on Disability, The Current State of Health Care for People with Disabilities, reaffirmed some of these findings, concluding that people with disabilities experience significant health disparities and barriers to health care; encounter a lack of coverage for necessary services, medications, equipment, and technologies; and are not included in the …