I'm absolutely convinced we can do it without jeopardizing our quality standards that we have.

Let's not just walk by them. Yes, we have people that are sick, but let's not just walk by them.

I think the most frustrating thing in my job here has been how long it's taken to do that.

We've got to do away with that. We've got to break that whole system down.

In Olmstead, the court held that the unnecessary institutionalization of individuals with disabilities constitutes discrimination.

Thank you very much, Mr. Perez.

I don't believe it would. Quite the contrary. And we have been working hard to demonstrate that this is not only humane treatment and ensuring compliance with the ADA, but it's in your enlightened economic self-interest.

Every time I bring it up--I say, 'Look, if Medicaid money is going out there and a person can get that Medicaid support if they go in the nursing home, shouldn't they be able to get at least that same amount of money if they decide to go…

Simply stated, this means a setting which enables individuals with disabilities to interact with nondisabled persons to the fullest extent possible.

The Olmstead decision was a critical step forward for our Nation, articulating one of the most fundamental rights for all Americans with disabilities--having the choice to live independently.

In the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990, we described the isolation and segregation of individuals with disabilities as a serious and pervasive form of discrimination.

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