Our Legal Cases: Fighting for Disability Rights

DREDF uses strategic litigation to protect and advance the rights of disabled people. We take on high-impact cases that challenge discrimination, improve accessibility, and set legal precedents that benefit the broader disability community. Explore our casework to learn how we’re making an impact.

Press Release

Disability Rights Groups Urge Supreme Court to Uphold Protections Against Disability Discrimination in CVS Prescription Drug Case

  • CMS
  • Section 504 of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act

Public Comment

DREDF’s Comments on CMS Proposals

  • Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
  • CMS
  • Healthcare
  • HHS
  • US Department of Health and Human Services

Public Comment

Summary of Benefits and Coverage and Uniform Glossary (CMS–10407)

  • Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
  • CMS
  • DME
  • Durable Medical Equipment
  • Healthcare

General

NFB and Disability Advocates Charge Federal Health Agency With Civil Rights Violations

  • Accessibility
  • Assistive Technology
  • audio CD
  • Braille
  • Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
  • CMS
  • digital navigable formats
  • digital talking-book
  • Electronic Access
  • HHS
  • Juan Figueroa
  • large print
  • National Federation of the Blind
  • NFB
  • The Americans with Disabilities Act
  • US Department of Health and Human Services

General

Juan Figueroa, Derek Manners, Martti Mallinan, and The National Federation of the Blind v. US Department of Health and Human Services

  • Accessibility
  • Assistive Technology
  • Braille
  • Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
  • CMS
  • Electronic Access
  • Electronic Records
  • HHS
  • National Federation of the Blind
  • NFB
  • US Department of Health and Human Services

Public Comment

Federal Marketplace Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2017

  • Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
  • CMS
  • Healthcare
  • Medicaid
  • Medicare
  • US Department of Health and Human Services

Public Comment

DREDF responds to CMS request for information on new system for paying Medicare providers.

  • Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
  • CMS
  • Healthcare
  • Medicaid
  • Medicare

General, Webinar

Promising Practices: Webinar #2 Recording and Materials

  • Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
  • CMS
  • Healthcare
  • Medicaid
  • Medicare
  • Webinar
  • Webinar Materials

Public Comment

DREDF comments on CMS’s proposed new rule for Medicaid Managed Care submitted 7/27/15

  • Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
  • CMS
  • Managed Care Environment
  • US Department of Health and Human Services

Public Comment

Comments on Updated California Reporting Requirements

  • Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
  • CMS
  • Programmatic Access