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Coverage dated October 14, 2026

Americans with disabilities worry about proposed changes to major national health survey

Headline from WTOP Washington DC

NEW YORK (AP) — The federal government is planning to dramatically shrink its most influential health survey, and some researchers worry that the changes will underestimate how many Americans are disabled. At least half the survey questions could be axed.

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  1. WTOP Washington DC

    Americans with disabilities worry about proposed changes to major national health survey (opens WTOP Washington DC)

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    NEW YORK (AP) — The federal government is planning to dramatically shrink its most influential health survey, and some researchers worry that the changes will underestimate how many Americans are disabled. At least half the survey questions could be axed.

  2. PBS NewsHour

    How proposed cuts to this major national health survey could disadvantage Americans with disabilities (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    As many as a quarter of wheelchair users and more than a third of people who are blind or deaf could be miscategorized as not disabled because of the shorter survey, according to some advocates and researchers.

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