When one reads "reports" like this, you need to engage your skeptical gene and ask some questions. First, who funded the study behind this report? This one came from the University of New Hampshire's Institute on Disability. Do you think they will publish a report indicating anything other than that the disabled need more studies, more programs, and more tax dollars? Also, who funded the study? Likely, a non-profit self-interest group that makes big bucks by raising awareness about the disabled. Lastly, how are disabilities defined, i.e. what constitutes a disability? I will bet my paycheck that a large percentage of the disabled with poor health outcomes who became a statistic in this study are drug or alcohol abusers, or morbidly obese. I'll also bet that they are in large part people who have been living off the public dole for most of their lives. I don't have much sympathy for these types, nor do I place much credibility in studies from this outfit at UNH.