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Consumer Messages to Policy Makers

August 5, 2019 Elizabeth Wood
Image: A woman with glasses and a surgical mask takes the blood pressure of an older man with a black baseball cap; he’s lying on a hospital bead with tubes hooked up to his arm.

Image: A woman with glasses and a surgical mask takes the blood pressure of an older man with a black baseball cap; he’s lying on a hospital bead with tubes hooked up to his arm.

On the 2018 National Survey on Health Reform and Disability (NSHRD) and during national telephone interviews in 2019, consumers with disabilities were asked about their experiences with health care services and insurance. At the end of each interview and as the final question on the NSHRD, participants were asked: “What would you tell policymakers about access to health insurance and health care services for people with disabilities?” The quotes provided below are a selection of responses to this question.

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