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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Medicaid Matters
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) expanded Medicaid eligibility for seniors and people with disabilities. The programs, along with existing Medicaid services provide a critical path to both healthcare and long-term care, including home and community-based services for more than 10 million children and adults over 6 million seniors who have a disability. Medicaid also helps some people with disabilities work and pay taxes. Watch Four Videos Show Why Medicaid-Funded Personal Care Services Matter →
Our Healthcare Stories Campaign
Healthcare Stories are free, short videos that illustrate the obstacles and barriers that still stand in the way of getting appropriate health care for many people with disabilities. The project began collecting stories in 2011.
