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
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Caroline Bergner
American Speech Language Hearing Association
301-296-5677
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Michael Lewis
American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD)
202-289-7661 phone
202-289-7724 fax
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David Machledt
National Health Law Program (NHELP)
540-447-9438 phone
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Greg Robinson
Autistic Self Advocacy Network
202-891-6500 phone
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Julie Schurman
Disability Belongs
202-517-6272 phone
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