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Impact Fund Amicus Brief Challenges "One-Size-Fits-All" Approach to Disparate Impact Discrimination
Disparate Impact, California Civil Rights Teddy Basham-Witherington Disparate Impact, California Civil Rights Teddy Basham-Witherington

Impact Fund Amicus Brief Challenges "One-Size-Fits-All" Approach to Disparate Impact Discrimination

California Department of Health Care Services’ steady decline in reimbursement rates to doctors for standard physician services through the state Medi-Cal program has driven doctors away from the program, denying low-income Californians meaningful access to necessary healthcare. The key to a disparate impact claim is the discriminatory impact resulting from a seemingly neutral policy. Our brief argues that the superior court adopted a dangerously narrow view of disparate impact.

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