News Advisory

NCD #04-462
October 18, 2004
Contact: Mark S. Quigley
202-272-2004

National Council on Disability to Address Consumer-Directed Health Care for People with Disabilities

WASHINGTON—The National Council on Disability (NCD) will release a report on consumer-directed health care for people with disabilities at a news conference at 10:00 a.m., October 26 at the National Press Club, 529 14th Street, NW, Washington, DC.

The report, Consumer-Directed Health Care: How Well Does It Work?, evaluates the evidence base for the nation’s consumer-directed health care efforts.

Speakers include:

The Honorable Carol Novak, Member, National Council on Disability
The Honorable Dennis G. Smith, Director, Center for Medicaid and State Operations
Jonathan Hughes, Consumer, Tampa, Florida
Carol Tobias, Assistant Professor, Boston University, School of Public Health
Bob Kafka, National Organizer, ADAPT (American Disabled For Attendant Programs Today)
Linda Horton St. Hubert, Director of Consumer and Community Education, AIDS Alliance

For more information, contact Mark Quigley or Martin Gould at 202-272-2004.