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

• Natalie Kean
  Justice in Aging
  (202) 621-1038  
  nkean@justiceinaging.org

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

• Erin Shea
  Center for Public Representation
  202-455-5829 phone
  eshea@cpr-us.org

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

ACTIVITIES

Health Task Force AAPD-CCD letter to Secretary-Designate Becerra with disability health care priorities following up on disability groups' meeting Thank you for meeting with our organizations to discuss the disability community’s priorities for the Biden Administration. Our nation is currently home to more than 61 million people with disabilities, and this number grows every day. The disability community is incredibly diverse in both identity and experience. Disability is most prevalent in women and in Black, Indigenous, and people of color. (January 28,  2021) - Download [ PDF ] Health Task Force Annual Report - Health Task Force (January 8,  2021) - Download [ PDF ] Health Task Force Joint LTSS and Health Task Force Comments on CMS' COVID-19 Interim Final Rule. The Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) Health and Long Term Services and Supports Task Forces appreciate the opportunity to submit comments on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Interim Final Rule “Additional Policy and Regulatory Revisions in Response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency." (January 4,  2021) - Download [ PDF ]