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You can ask for changes
You have the right to ask for changes in health care.
You can ask for changes that help you to:
- Be safe
- Understand
- Take part
These changes are sometimes called reasonable accommodations.
For example, you might ask to:
- You can visit a doctor's office before your appointment to feel ready
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- get help knowing what medicine to take, when.
Changes like this can make health care better for you.
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You have the right to ask for changes to health care.
Changes that allow you to be safe and take part are sometimes called “reasonable accommodations”. It means doing things differently, in a way that helps you join in.
For example, you might ask to:
- visit a 's office before your appointment, so you feel ready and safe
A doctor that you see when you need a health check
- have a quiet place to wait before your health appointment
- get health information you can understand instead of information that confuses you
- get help knowing what medicine to take, when.
Changes like this can help make health care fairer. It can help you get the care you need and want.
Stories
How real people have asked for changes to health care
Julie's story about changing a system one podiatrist at a time
Read Julie's story about how when we advocate for the people in our lives we can make the health system better.
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Sundara's story about getting good health care
Read Sundara's story about making health care better for people from different cultures and backgrounds.
This content is hidden