The Health Care Project's Mission

The Arc of Massachusetts' Health Care Project’s mission is to champion access to optimal health care for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (ID/DD). Underlying this mission is the belief that all individuals have a right to easily accessible, culturally competent, and high-quality health care in the community.

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Need & Purpose
The accommodation for our population is often overlooked as health systems become more complex... click here to read more about the need   

Although The Arc of Massachusetts secured support from The Boston Foundation to begin the Health Care Project, the Project team members continue to seek funding. During the first year…  click here to read more about the purpose  

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Policy Activities
Legislation: House bill 2116 was orginally filed as a placeholder bill because of the timeliness of the health research report.  Addendum or revised language was submitted to the Joint Committee on Public Health in June 2009. The Committee has yet to adopt the addendum language.
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