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The Consortium for Constituents with Disabilities
820 First Street, NE, Ste. 740
Washington, DC 20002
(202) 567-3516 phone
(202) 408-9520 fax
Email: Info@c-c-d.org

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TASK FORCES
HEALTH
 

Mission

The CCD Health Task Force works to ensure access to high quality, accessible, affordable health care for people with disabilities and complex conditions of all ages that meets their individual needs and enables them to be healthy, live as independently as possible, and participate in the community. We work to promote access to comprehensive coverage and eliminate discrimination, disparities and inequities for people with disabilities within and across health care payers, providers, and systems. We recognize that racist and ableist structures, policies and practices have caused and continue to cause disproportionately worse outcomes for Black, Indigenous and other people of color with disabilities. And just as race and disability discrimination intersect, social determinants of health and compounding inequities related to age, size, national origin, immigration status, language, gender, gender identity, and sexual orientation, can further reduce access to care and community for people with disabilities. Our advocacy prioritizes recognizing such inequities and championing policies that will reduce and eventually eliminate them.

Co-chairs

  • Caroline Bergner
    American Speech Language Hearing Association
    301-296-5677
    cbergner@asha.org

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

  • Greg Robinson
    Autistic Self Advocacy Network
    202-891-6500 phone 
    grobinson@autisticadvocacy.org

  ACTIVITIES
Health Task Force
CCD Letter Urging Immediate Publication of Proposed Section 504 HHS Regulations
The Consortium for Constituents with Disabilities (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 free from racism, ableism, sexism, and xenophobia, as well as LGBTQ+ based discrimination and religious intolerance.
(April 26,  2023) - Download [ PDF ]
Health Task Force
CCD Comments on Proposed Regulations to Advance Interoperability and Improve Prior Authorization Processes
The Consortium for Constituents with Disabilities (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 free from racism, ableism, sexism, and xenophobia, as well as LGBTQ+ based discrimination and religious intolerance.
(March 13,  2023) - Download [ PDF ]
Health Task Force
Health and LTSS Task Force letter to CMS on Medicaid Unwinding.
We, the undersigned members of the Consortium for Constituents with Disabilities (CCD) Health and Long-Term Services and Supports Task Forces write regarding the unwinding of the Medicaid continuous coverage requirement. The Consortium for Constituents with Disabilities (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 9,  2023) - Download [ PDF ]
Health Task Force
CCD 2022 Health Task Force Annual Report
(January 16,  2023) - Download [ PDF ]
 
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