Category Archives: Medicaid

NDY Public Comment on HHS/OCR Proposed Section 504 Healthcare Regulations

November 13, 2023healthcare rationing, HHS, life-ending decisions, life-sustaining treatment, Lisa Blumberg, Medicaid, medical discrimination, Our News & Commentary Blog, public comment, Quality Adjusted Life Years, quality of life judgments, suicide prevention, treatment withdrawal, treatment withholdinghealthcare discrimination, public comment, Section 504Diane Coleman

Not Dead Yet has joined many disability organizations in applauding the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights for proposing critically needed rules to update and amend its Section 504 regulations in the area of healthcare. NDY’s public comment focuses primarily on the Department’s questions concerning medical treatment (Section 84.56), … Continue reading NDY Public Comment on HHS/OCR Proposed Section 504 Healthcare Regulations →

NDY Files Public Comment On Federal Healthcare Interim Final Rule In Response To COVID

January 6, 2021COVID-19, healthcare rationing, HHS, long term services and supports, Medicaid, Medicare, Our News & Commentary Blog, public commentCOVID-19, Interim Final Rule, Medicaid, Medicare, public commentDiane Coleman

NDY is grateful to disability rights attorney Kathryn Carroll for her assistance in filing a public comment on the [CMS-9912-IFC] Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services Interim Final Rule: Additional Policy and Regulatory Revisions in Response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency. Excerpts are below and, to read the whole comment, go here. January 4, 2021 … Continue reading NDY Files Public Comment On Federal Healthcare Interim Final Rule In Response To COVID →

NDY Files Comment Against Proposed CMS Rule Changes That Would Put More People In Nursing “Homes”

May 20, 2020COVID-19, HHS, long term care, long term services and supports, Medicaid, national disability rights network, NDRN, nursing homes, Our News & Commentary Blog, Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies, public commentCOVID-19, National Disability Rights Network, nursing facilities, Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies, public commentDiane Coleman

Thanks to the Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies for alerting disability advocates to proposed federal rule changes that would make it easier to put disabled people of all ages into nursing “homes” and other facilities, as well as make it harder for them to move back out to the community. The deadline for comments is … Continue reading NDY Files Comment Against Proposed CMS Rule Changes That Would Put More People In Nursing “Homes” →

NDY Issues Statement Opposing the Proposed “Public Charge” Rule

November 19, 2018ableism, discrimination, Medicaid, Medicare, Our News & Commentary BlogPublic Charge ruleDiane Coleman

Not Dead Yet Opposes Proposed “Public Charge” Rule[1] Not Dead Yet joins a large number of other disability, immigrant and other civil rights organizations in strongly opposing the “Public Charge” rule proposed by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The proposed rule discriminates against people with disabilities, people with health problems, the old, the young and lower … Continue reading NDY Issues Statement Opposing the Proposed “Public Charge” Rule →

We Want Civil Rights & Healthcare, Not To Be Institutionalized, Tortured or Killed

March 30, 2018"death with dignity", Americans with Disabilities Act, Anita Cameron, assisted suicide, Medicaid, Our News & Commentary Blog, tortureaid in dying, Anita Cameron, assisted suicide, MedicaidDiane Coleman

For several months, I have been actively involved in the fight for healthcare, resisting the watering down of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and pushing for FDA regulations against the shock torture of people with disabilities at the Judge Rotenberg Center. From Washington, DC, to Columbus, Ohio, to Chicago, Illinois and back to Washington, … Continue reading We Want Civil Rights & Healthcare, Not To Be Institutionalized, Tortured or Killed →