Re: Letters to Politicians
Walter Gorski
Description
Collection
Title:
Re: Letters to Politicians
Creator:
Walter Gorski
Date:
9/25/2002
Text:
Dear O&P List serve members:
If you would like to send a personal letter to your Senators on Medicare
competitive bidding for orthotic services please click on the following link
on AOPA's web site: <URL Redacted> This site contains
several versions of letters opposing competitive bidding for orthotic
services. Once at this site, you can cut and paste the text and use it as a
starting point for your own individualized letter. If you click on the
elected officials tab or type in your zip code, you will find your
lawmaker's Washington address.
As Mr. Veldman indicates, e-mail letters do not have the same punch as
written or typed correspondence.
AOPA appreciates the time and effort that has been made from the O&P
community in opposition to this proposal.
Sincerely,
Walt Gorski
AOPA Director of Legislative Affairs
-----Original Message-----
From: Bernie Veldman [mailto:<Email Address Redacted>]
Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 5:43 PM
To: <Email Address Redacted>
Subject: [OANDP-L] Letters to Politicians
For what it is worth, I heard an interview on the radio with a former
Congressional aide. He claims that many of the politicians now have
automated replies and neither them nor their staff even see most of the
e-mails that they receive. Typed letters or computer generated form
letters get about the same weight.
A handwritten letter, however, is said to represent 1,000 voters who
feel the same way, but did not take the time to write their Congressman.
They will always get a response and are taken very seriously.
Imagine if each of us sat down tonight and spent ½ hour hand-writing a
letter to our Congressman or Congresswoman...or Congressperson...or
whatever.
I do not know how reliable this is, but I have to say, it makes a great
deal of sense.
By the way, where is the web-site with a list of all of the addresses to
send letters to our elected officials?
Bernie T. Veldman
BOC Orthotist
<Email Address Redacted>
www.surestep.net
If you would like to send a personal letter to your Senators on Medicare
competitive bidding for orthotic services please click on the following link
on AOPA's web site: <URL Redacted> This site contains
several versions of letters opposing competitive bidding for orthotic
services. Once at this site, you can cut and paste the text and use it as a
starting point for your own individualized letter. If you click on the
elected officials tab or type in your zip code, you will find your
lawmaker's Washington address.
As Mr. Veldman indicates, e-mail letters do not have the same punch as
written or typed correspondence.
AOPA appreciates the time and effort that has been made from the O&P
community in opposition to this proposal.
Sincerely,
Walt Gorski
AOPA Director of Legislative Affairs
-----Original Message-----
From: Bernie Veldman [mailto:<Email Address Redacted>]
Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 5:43 PM
To: <Email Address Redacted>
Subject: [OANDP-L] Letters to Politicians
For what it is worth, I heard an interview on the radio with a former
Congressional aide. He claims that many of the politicians now have
automated replies and neither them nor their staff even see most of the
e-mails that they receive. Typed letters or computer generated form
letters get about the same weight.
A handwritten letter, however, is said to represent 1,000 voters who
feel the same way, but did not take the time to write their Congressman.
They will always get a response and are taken very seriously.
Imagine if each of us sat down tonight and spent ½ hour hand-writing a
letter to our Congressman or Congresswoman...or Congressperson...or
whatever.
I do not know how reliable this is, but I have to say, it makes a great
deal of sense.
By the way, where is the web-site with a list of all of the addresses to
send letters to our elected officials?
Bernie T. Veldman
BOC Orthotist
<Email Address Redacted>
www.surestep.net
Citation
Walter Gorski, “Re: Letters to Politicians,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 25, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/219631.
