Given my recent piece in the New England Journal on discrimination against patients, particularly obese patients in the context of the Americans with Disabilities Act, I found this NY Times story particularly interesting: Disability and Discrimination at the Doctor’s Office. The Times story focuses on patients who are disabled in more traditional ways, but indicates that the main culprit behind the medical discrimination they may experience is not animus, but rather lack of proper equipment, which can be quite expensive. Luckily, there may be hope on the horizon, thanks to the ACA.
