Welcome to Disability Rights Advocates
Obtaining quality health care is a challenge for many people with disabilities. High health care costs and problems with insurance make the problems worse and lead many people with disabilities to go without the health services they need. This updated Through the Maze details in plain language the federal and state laws that protect Californians with disabilities from a consumer's point of view.
Section 1 explains your right of access to health care facilities and the services they provide. It also discusses your right to emergency care and includes tips for choosing a provider and handling access problems.
Section 2 helps you learn about insurance rights in California, including: protections when you get health insurance through a job or apply on your own, benefits that health plans must include, access to primary care doctors, specialists, and second opinions, challenging an insurer's refusal to pay for your care, and continuing your coverage when you lose access to an employer's group health plan. This section also introduces you to long-term care insurance and Medigap insurance, which supplements Medicare.
Section 3 describes how public health benefit programs work. This section includes information on Medicare, Medi-CAL, County mental health programs, IHSS, Regional Centers, Early Start, Healthy Families, CaliforniaKids, AIM, WIC and more.
This publication is available as a PDF file, and also as a plain text file.
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