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Disability advocates press committee to pass bill banning disability‑based health care discrimination
Summary
Multiple disability organizations, patients and clinicians testified in favor of H1360/S869 to bar healthcare discrimination based on disability, prohibit quality-adjusted life measures that devalue disabled lives, and stop coercive DNR practices; witnesses cited pandemic-era crisis standards and ADA guidance.
People with disabilities, family members, clinicians and statewide advocacy organizations told the Joint Committee on Healthcare Financing that H1360/S869 is necessary to prevent discrimination in care decisions and to protect disabled patients from being deprioritized for life‑saving treatment.
Testimony described repeated incidents where disabled patients were refused treatment, pressured into do‑not‑resuscitate (DNR) orders, or assessed using measures that implicitly devalue disabled lives. "People with disabilities deserve to be treated equally, not less," said Samantha…
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