Legal Question in Discrimination Law in Colorado

Re: Discrimination from a health centre

Age, race, gender, religion, ethnicity, handicap are the usual groups to which the

antidiscrimination laws apply. To discriminate against a group because of their socio-economic status

does not violate those laws. For instance, in

some affluent towns in Massachusetts, you will

not find even one doctor or one dentist who takes anyone

on Medicaid or MassHealth. Supply and demand.

Wealthy people will pay for their own health care

if necessary or subscribe to private plans.

The doctors and dentists, I've been told, do not

accept MassHealth card-carriers because the

state is so outrageously slow in paying and pays

so outrageously little of the bill.

Conclusion: it doesn't make economic common

sense to have to deal with Medicaid.

So is what you're concerned about discrimination? No, it is not.

Certainly they cannot hold your parents'

credit history against you, but is that

discrimination? No... unless your family is one

of the minorities.