…a disability to choose a supporter to help them coordinate care, understand their health care options, communicate with health providers, and make decisions regarding care. Legal guardianship dramatically curtails the…
…in health care settings, discrimination against disabled people who need organ transplants or life-saving care, measuring the value of treatment without discriminating against disabled people who can never be “cured,”…
…in-hospital deaths, setting a dangerous incentive to reduce that number at the cost of quality patient care. Our health care system devalues the lives of people with disabilities and chronic health conditions….
…work on health care issues, please make sure that people with disabilities have equal health care coverage, and that no one in our state loses their health insurance or Medicaid…
…the start of this pandemic. We saw this as the health care system discriminated against people with disabilities and older adults in crisis care standards. We saw this when people…
…adult-oriented health care providers who understand their health care and communication needs. And they may not get the supports they need in order to understand their health care options and…
…to sexual and reproductive care and help ensure disabled people get timely access to culturally competent health care Support our work Become a member ASAN Comments on the Access Rule…
…a government program that pays for health care access for many people with disabilities. Medicaid helps health care providers stay in business in places that are rural or where many…
…what is to come. Unfortunately, this was an especially difficult month for our transgender siblings. Laws and regulations that seek to deny gender-affirming health care, threaten the rights of trans…
…care coordinator: I cannot confidently say that I always feel safe while navigating the public health system and trying to obtain access to my care or services. Of course this…
