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Abstract
Some provisions of the Affordable Care Act should extend the advances made by the Americans with Disabilities Act, passed in 1990. But the persistence of health disparities and barriers to care for people with disabilities indicates that more remains to be done.
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Title
Health Care for Americans with Disabilities — 25 Years after the ADA
Author
Peacock, Georgina; Iezzoni, Lisa I; Harkin, Thomas R 1
1 Dr. Peacock is the director of the Division of Human Development and Disabilities, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, CDC, Atlanta; Dr. Iezzoni is the director of the Mongan Institute for Health Policy, Massachusetts General Hospital, and a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School — both in Boston; and Mr. Harkin is a former U.S. senator from Iowa.
1 Dr. Peacock is the director of the Division of Human Development and Disabilities, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, CDC, Atlanta; Dr. Iezzoni is the director of the Mongan Institute for Health Policy, Massachusetts General Hospital, and a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School — both in Boston; and Mr. Harkin is a former U.S. senator from Iowa.
Pages
892-893
Section
Perspective
Publication year
2015
Publication date
Sep 3, 2015
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ISSN
00284793
e-ISSN
15334406
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
1709452436
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