Accessing scarce medical care for people who are disabled and/or fat

[firecat]

Some of us who are disabled and/or fat are worried we'll be denied access to scarce medical resources during the pandemic. This document describes our legal rights (in the US) and ways to maximize our likelihood of getting care.

#NoBodyIsDisposable Guide to Surviving COVID-19 Triage
TinyURL.com/CovidKnowYourRights
Crips and fatties made this.
Please share with everyone who needs it.

Comments

[noelfigart]

Thank you. I am very afraid of being seen as not worth saving.

[firecat]

You're on MY triage list.

[sabotabby]

I am so worried about this. Not for myself but for so many friends.

[kore]

Yeah, as a fat person on disability who has been repeatedly told I have high blood pressure (which I don't) and who was just diagnosed with an immune deficiency....the whole "but only the old and people with pre-existing conditions!" rhetoric is pretty terrifying. Of course coverage and treatment denied for pre-existing conditions killed people before Obamacare, too, but this is so much terrifyingly worse.

[firecat]

It's hitting a lot closer to home for a whole lot of us.

[silveradept]

Useful data, thank you.

[cynthia1960]

Thank you.

[cjsmith]

I worry about this too, on behalf of quite a few people I care about. Its awful at the best of times. Thank you for this post.

[serene]

May I please be lazy and copy your post instead of writing my own?

[firecat]

Of course!