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Californians with disabilities are not prioritized for COVID vaccine, and fear for their lives
By Caroline Hart
Advocates say disabled community not recognized as vaccination priority
Advocates say California s COVID vaccine plan does not give the disabled community the priority it deserves. KTVU s Tom Vacar reports on the inequity.
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - People with disabilities in California are not prioritized in the current plan for an equitable vaccine rollout, say experts, advocates, and caretakers. When Governor Gavin Newsom announced a plan last Monday to improve statewide vaccinations, he excluded, in large part, people with disabilities from the framework. Many people with disabilities, especially people who need caretakers to live independently, are at a high risk of dying from COVID.
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Laura Halvorson relies on two 24-hour breathing machines to keep her alive. The machines cost $2,000 per month.
They re paid for through her insurance from the Affordable Care Act. Halvorson, who is 36 and lives in San Antonio, has muscular dystrophy, a disease that causes progressive loss of muscle mass.
For years, Halvorson was a teacher in North Texas and received health insurance through her employer. But eventually her disability progressed to the point that she could no longer work.
Now she s worried that the U.S. Supreme Court will strike down the health care law that has helped her live independently. Without it, Halvorson fears she ll end up in the state s care at a nursing home.