Website Provides Healthcare Policy Overview

In a new online tutorial from the Kaiser Family Foundation (www.kaiseredu.org), JeffCrowley, MPH, of Georgetown University's Health Policy Institute provides an overview of policy issues related to accessing healthcare for people with disabilities. The tutorial provides information on the types and prevalence of disabilities in the US, the major healthcare financing mechanisms, and the interaction of the Medicaid program with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

The website is designed to provide students, faculty, and others interested in learning about health policy easy access to the latest data, research, analysis, and developments in health policy. This site includes narrated slide tutorials, background reference libraries, and issue modules on current topics and policy debates. To access the tutorial on accessing healthcare for people with disabilities, go to www.kaiseredu.org/tutorials_index.asp#Disabilities