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America's health system is barely ready for tomorrow morning. Everyone's burnt the fuck out.
Among the practical consequences: Few clinics have height-adjustable tables or mechanical lifts that enable people who are frail or use wheelchairs to receive thorough medical examinations. Only a small number have scales to weigh patients in wheelchairs. And most diagnostic imaging equipment can’t be used by people with serious mobility limitations.
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The new rule sets specific, enforceable standards for accessible equipment, including exam tables, scales, and diagnostic equipment. And it requires that electronic medical records, medical apps, and websites be made usable for people with various impairments and prohibits treatment policies based on stereotypes about people with disabilities, such as covid-era crisis standards of care.
How is the average GP's office supposed to afford this kind of equipment? It needs to be funded or subsidized by the federal government if we're going to expect every doctor to have access to this sort of expensive, specialized equipment.
Don't get me wrong: I'm all for requiring these things. I'm disabled myself. But you can't just magically expect small practices to be able to afford them.
Yes, funding from the federal government and hopefully a slippery slope into universal Medicare!
poor boomers
No. Poor all of us, especially those of us with disabilities. This affects everyone in the country because our health care system is already overwhelmed.
As proven during the pandemic, most people don't care. Old people will be left to rot, as usual.