Healthcare
The only developed nation in the world without universal healthcare.
What is the United States of America?
What is a disability?
A field of employment that lacks disabled voices which has greatly affected the disabled community negatively throughout history.
What is the medical field?
The person with a disability needs to be fixed or cured so that they can conform to the norms deemed acceptable.
What is the Western view of people with disabilities?
The program that covers more than 9 million people with disabilities.
What is Medicaid?
The percentage of adult Americans that live with a disability.
What is 25%?
The amount of PWD that are old enough to work, and are willing and able to do so.
What is two-thirds?
This group has the most stigma surrounding them because their disabilities are not as easily identifiable.
What is people suffering from mental disabilities?
65 years or older, a younger person with a disability or someone with End Stage Renal Disease
What is the requirements to apply for Medicare?
Someone who might not be assumed to be disabled at first meeting
What is an Invisible Disability?
20.1% of people aged over 16.
The idea that people with disabilities need to be "fixed" in order to adhere to societal norms which has led to PWD being underrepresented in the medical field.
What is Stigma?
When adults may forgo medications because of cost-related concerns, such as lack of adequate prescription coverage by insurance programs and out-of-pocket costs
What is cost-related medication nonadherence?
Health insurance provided through “for profit” hospitals and self-employed practitioners, and “not for profit” non-government providers, including faith-based organizations
What is Private Insurance?
The 5 clusters of barriers to employment that PWD may face. (Name 3)
What is self-competence/self-confidence, external factors, anxiety/motivation, health, and work adjustment?
The percentage of African Americans that will face a cost barrier to healthcare.
What is 17%?
About the percentage of Medicare beneficiaries that reported a case of Cost related medication nonadherence.
What is 30-35%
The odds of developing a neurological disease are this much higher in disadvantaged homes.
What is nearly twice as high?
Even though 34% of people are diagnosed with psychological disorders, only this percentage of the working population is diagnosed with the same category of condition.
What is 16%?
Other barriers that people with disabilities may experience. (Name at least 3)
What is logistical, unaffordable healthcare costs, language, stereotyping/discrimination, environmental, structural, cultural or process barriers?