The Unintended Consequences of the Americans with Disabilities Act
Posted: 4 Apr 2003
Abstract
Each fall, the Washington Business Group on Health hosts a disability management conference that provides a forum for the exchange of ideas and practices between employers, educators, policy specialists, insurers, consumers, health care providers, and other stakeholders in workplace disability. On October 29, 1999, Dr. Peter Blanck, Kierscht Professor and Director of the Law, Health Policy, and Disability Center at the University of Iowa engaged in an exchange of views with Walter Olson, Senior Fellow at The Manhattan Institute, regarding the Unintended Consequences of the ADA.
The Debate begins by discussing where the ADA came from and what Congress was trying to accomplish when it passed the ADA in 1990. During the Debate, both Dr. Blanck and Mr. Olson discuss the intended and unintended consequences and benefits of the ADA.
Keywords: Americans with Disabilities Act, ADA, unintended consequences of the Americans with Disabilities Act, workplace, health care, health policy, civil rights, disability, disability policy, public policy, discrimination
JEL Classification: I18, J2, J23, J7, J70, J71, J78, K2, K31, K1, K49
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