Forum Speaker Biographies

Henry Claypool

Henry Claypool is the policy director at Independence Care System, a managed long-term care provider in New York City. He is also an independent consultant with 25 years of experience in federal, state, and local disability policy and in navigating the nation’s complex health and long-term care services system as a person with a disability. During the Clinton Administration, he served as the senior advisor for disability policy to the administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. While there, he played a key role in marshalling implementation efforts in response to the Olmstead decision. He also was instrumental in developing policies that expanded Medicare's coverage policy regarding certain assistive technologies. More recently, he was a senior advisor to the Office of the Deputy Commissioner for Disability and Income Support Programs at the Social Security Administration. Becoming disabled when he was a student at the University of Colorado, Claypool went on to become the director of the disability services office at its Boulder campus. He also managed a home health agency for people with significant disabilities housed within an independent living center.