Navigating Barriers Used by Insurers to Restrict Access to Health Care…

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This week, Jeremy explores some of the ongoing fights to make insurance work more effectively for people living with ALS. He is joined by Shannon Todd from The ALS Association’s Care Services team and ALS advocate Katie Adams, who updates us on her ongoing fight for insurance coverage of her power wheelchair.

Learn more about Katie Adams’s story at https://www.als.org/blog/katie-adams-fighting-change-everyone-als

Read about the support available to help navigate insurance barriers at https://www.als.org/blog/katie-adams-fighting-change-everyone-als

For more information on the ways insurers erect barriers to access at https://www.als.org/blog/breaking-barriers-fight-make-health-care-affordable-and-accessible

This episode is brought to you by The ALS Association in partnership with CitizenRacecar.

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