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The Partnership to Improve Patient Care (PIPC) proudly joined 30 leading disability rights and racial justice organizations in a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Civil Rights that calls for additional regulatory action aimed at preventing discrimination in health care. In particular, the letter calls on HHS to formally issue its Information (RFI) on “Discrimination on the Basis of Disability in Critical Health and Human Service Programs or Activities” (PDF) (RIN: 0945-AA15).
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The RFI addresses disability non-discrimination in a number of key health care areas. This includes life-sustaining care, organ transplants, Crisis Standards of Care, suicide prevention programs and services, the child welfare system, health care value assessment methodologies, and auxiliary aids and accessible medical equipment in the health care system.
“…As recent reports from the National Council on Disability show, people with disabilities still face significant disparities and obstacles to access in healthcare,” the letter states.” “The issues addressed in this RFI look to root out the common thread they all share: too many medical professionals see life with a disability as less worth living and less worthy of care, sometimes so much less so that they view death as the correct course.”
The letter in its entirety can be read here.
“…As recent reports from the National Council on Disability show, people with disabilities still face significant disparities and obstacles to access in healthcare,” the letter states.” “The issues addressed in this RFI look to root out the common thread they all share: too many medical professionals see life with a disability as less worth living and less worthy of care, sometimes so much less so that they view death as the correct course.”
The letter in its entirety can be read here.
