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 Letter re COVID-19 and Disability Discrimination We write as co-chairs of the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) Rights and Health Task Forces to urge you to ensure that, if the current pandemic results in government decisions to ration treatment, decisions about how medical treatment should be allocated are made without discriminating based on disability. The CCD is the largest coalition of national organizations working together to advocate for Federal public policy that ensures the self-determination, independence, empowerment, integration and inclusion of children and adults with disabilities in all aspects of society. (March 20,  2020) - Download [ PDF ] Health Task Force CCD letter to Secretary Alex Azar The undersigned members of the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) strongly condemn the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS’s) new policy inviting states to apply for block grants and per capita caps, as announced in its January 30, 2019 Dear State Medicaid Director Letter. (March 20,  2020) - Download [ PDF ] Health Task Force CCD Health Task Force NBPP Comments We, the co-chairs of the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) Health Task Force appreciate the opportunity to comment on the Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2021. 1 (the Proposed Rule). The CCD is the largest coalition of national organizations working together to advocate for federal public policy that ensures the self-determination, independence, empowerment, integration and inclusion of children and adults with disabilities in all aspects of society. (March 2,  2020) - Download [ PDF ] 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 ]