Advocacy organizations are praising the government's passage of health care reform legislation that will expand care options and financial assistance, when needed, to all Americans.
The House of Representatives passed the Senate's Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care bill (H.R. 3590_ with a 219-212 vote. The House passed the Reconciliation Act of 2010 (H.R. 4872) reforming the bill with a vote of 220-211 in late March.
The law will improve training for physicians, dentists and allied health professionals in trating people with disabilities. It will ensure coverage of rehabilitation and habilitation products and services and the inclusion of people with disabilities as a focus group in prevention programs by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
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