For example, someone who routinely required oxygen prior to contracting COVID-19 would be given lower priority under the policy adopted by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, the letter said.

current policies adopted by the state would discriminate against residents with "a severe underlying disease" in the event that rationing of access to ventilators was enacted in overloaded hospitals.

Cosma also said that people with disabilities are more likely to be discriminated against when trying to access health care.

The Friday letter said state officials should be tracking how COVID-19 is impacting people with disabilities, but that does not appear to be happening.