Article Publication Date:
8/18/2009
Summary:
As the President and Congress forge legislative solutions to the current health care crisis, are they overlooking equally compelling arguments for reforming long-term services needed by some ten million Americans with severe, chronic disabilities? A two-part series, these bulletins deal with the impact of health reform legislation on persons with lifelong disabilities explores the similarities and differences in underlying strategies for restructuring health care and long-term services policies.
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Populations:
Developmental/Intellectual Disabilities
Sources:
National Leadership Consortium on Developmental Disabilities
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"The Future of Long-Term Services as Viewed through the Prism of Health Reform Legislation"; "Will National Health Reform Help Individuals with Developmental Disabilities?"; Health Reform Strategy;
Contact
The National Leadership Consortium on Developmental Disabilities
nlcddonline@udel.edu
Phone:
302-831-8536
Short URL: http://www.advancingstates.org/node/52007