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In my opinion, the disability community has two significant issues that it is facing. The first, is the lack of policies and laws for insurance companies. Insurance companies are able to deny treatments that doctors see fit for their patients. Many doctors are finding more and more of their time being spent with patients fighting insurances trying to get the patient the treatment they so desperately need, rather than treating the patient. The second issue, is policy makers tend to forget about people with disabilities. Lawmakers, the people who have the power to make changes in the world, tend to forget the effects of policies on people with disabilities.

When I get this internship, my course of action for this first issue, is to use my

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