Disability and employment in the United States
Disability and employment in the United States
the intersection of healthcare reform and welfare-to-work policy
This chapter analyses welfare to work policy for disabled people in the United States in the context of healthcare reform. The chapter begins by describing the national policy context in the United States, focusing on neoliberal and rights discourses, and their role in active citizenship. We analyse how these discourses have been applied in policy rhetoric of welfare and healthcare reform specific to two federal policies: the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999 and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010. The interconnected impact of these reforms is explored, with emphasis placed on neoliberalism and rights within these reforms.
Keywords: affordable care act, disabled people, healthcare, neoliberalism, rights, ticket to work, United States, welfare to work
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