Accessibility
This site is read by people under time pressure, often on a phone, sometimes with limited vision. It should work for them.
What is in place
- Semantic HTML: real headings in order, real tables with header cells, a skip link to the main content, and landmark regions.
- Every interactive control is a native element that works with a keyboard alone. The directory filters and sortable table headers are reachable and operable without a mouse.
- No text baked into images, no icon-only buttons without an accessible name.
- Colour combinations are chosen to meet WCAG 2.1 AA contrast for body text.
- The layout reflows to a single column on small screens with no horizontal scrolling of prose; wide data tables scroll inside their own container rather than pushing the page sideways.
- The site respects the operating system's reduced-motion and dark-mode preferences.
Known limitations
The large directory tables are the weakest part. On a phone, a table with fourteen columns is hard work even when it scrolls cleanly, and screen-reader navigation across a thousand rows is tedious. If a facility page is the thing you need, it is a better read than the state table: it presents the same figures as labeled values rather than as a row.
This site has not been through a formal third-party WCAG audit, and we do not claim certified conformance.
Telling us about a barrier
If something here blocks you, write to hello@carecostcompass.com and describe the page and what happened. Accessibility reports are treated as bugs, not feature requests, and are prioritised accordingly.
Last updated: 2026-10-18