Healthcare Access

People with disabilities experience a range of physical, programmatic, and systemic barriers when they try to access healthcare. We work out ways to apply existing laws and principles of disability non-discrimination in the complicated context of how health care services are delivered in this country.

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Action Alert

Action Alert: Tell Governor Gavin Newsom to Sign AB 1147

  • Healthcare Access
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Publication, Resource

Know Your Rights: Mask Bans on California College Campuses

  • Civil Rights
  • Healthcare Access
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Administrative Complaint

DREDF Files Complaint with HHS Office for Civil Rights on Medicare “In-Home Use” Policy

  • Americans with Disabilities Act
  • Healthcare Access
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The Case for Including Functional Limitation Measures in Electronic Health Records 201

DREDF Comments on Affordable Care Act Section 1557 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

Charting Equality: Why Demographic Disability Data is Good for Everyone

People with disabilities cannot be fully included in healthcare equity and equality work without being recognized and counted demographically.

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