New York Statewide Report Exposes Urgent Barriers to Healthcare for New Yorkers With Mobility Disabilities
A first-of-its-kind needs assessment reveals how insurance, inaccessible clinics, and system failures deny people with mobility disabilities timely, preventive, and equitable care, and outlines clear, achievable policy solutions.
Across New York State, people with mobility disabilities are navigating a healthcare system that was not built to serve them. Despite federal and state protections, access to basic medical care remains limited, fragmented, and exhausting.
The Multi-Layered Maze of Navigating the Healthcare System for People with Mobility Disabilities in New York, released by Independence Care System (ICS), documents how systemic barriers compound, forcing people to delay care, ration appointments, and manage serious health conditions without adequate support.
This report makes clear: these barriers are not inevitable. They are the result of policy choices, and they can be changed.