Mission

The CCD Health Task Force works on all the issues encompassed in the very broad term "health". Specific emphasis is placed on private health insurance; public programs such as Medicaid and Medicare; managed care, as well as quality assurance and consumer education and protections.

Co-chairs

• Dania Douglas
  Lutheran Services in America-Disability Network
  202-499-5831 phone 
  DDouglas@lutheranservices.org

• David Machledt
  National Health Law Program (NHELP)
  202-289-7661 phone 
  202-289-7724 fax 
  machledt@healthlaw.org

• Rachel Patterson
  Epilepsy Foundation
  301-918-3791 phone
  rpatterson@efa.org

• Peter Thomas
  Brain Injury Association of America
  202-466-6550 phone 
  202-785-1756 fax 
  peter.thomas@ppsv.com 

• Julie Ward
  The Arc (DPC)
  202-783-2229 phone
  202-783-8250 fax
  ward@thearc.org

ACTIVITIES

Health Task Force CCD Comment on Medicaid Fiscal Accountability Rule The Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) Health Task Force would like to thank you for the opportunity to comment on the proposed Medicaid Fiscal Accountability Regulation. The undersigned co-chairs of the CCD Health Task Force are seriously concerned that the proposed rule would have a negative impact on states’ ability to finance their Medicaid programs and we strongly recommend that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) withdraw the parts of the proposed rule that would substantively change Medicaid financing mechanisms. (January 31,  2020) - Download [ PDF ] Health Task Force Annual Report - Health Task Force (January 9,  2020) - Download [ PDF ]