FW: Massachusetts Plans to Eliminate Health Care Coverage for Prosthetics (Artificial Limbs) for Low-Income Residents on January 1, 2003
Leslie Duncan
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Collection
Title:
FW: Massachusetts Plans to Eliminate Health Care Coverage for Prosthetics (Artificial Limbs) for Low-Income Residents on January 1, 2003
Creator:
Leslie Duncan
Date:
12/13/2002
Text:
Massachusetts Plans to Eliminate Health Care Coverage for Prosthetics
(Artificial Limbs) for Low-Income Residents on January 1, 2003.
Paddy Rossbach, RN, President and CEO of the Amputee Coalition of
America (ACA) has written a letter to Governor Jane Swift and
Governor-Elect Mitt Romney of Massachusetts, expressing ACA's concern of
Massachusett's proposal to cut off services on January 1st to low-income
residents in need of an artificial limb or prosthesis. This letter and
a sample letter that consumers can use to send their own letter to
Governor Swift and Governor-Elect Mitt Romney of Massachusetts are
linked off the ACA Advocacy Web page at
< <URL Redacted>>
<URL Redacted>.
Help ensure that low-income Americans living with limb loss continue to
have access to prosthetics care. Write a letter or email to Governor
Jane Swift and Governor-Elect Mitt Romney on consumer concerns over
recent reports that the state of Mass. has proposed eliminating coverage
for prosthetics in the state's Medicaid program , Mass Health, starting
Jan. 1, 2003
Click
< <URL Redacted>> here
for contact information and samples which you can use to call, write or
email the Governor of Massachusetts.
Leslie Duncan, MIS
Manager, Information Services
Amputee Coalition of America
900 East Hill Ave., Suite 285
Knoxville, TN 37915-2568
888-267-5669
Fax 865-525-7917
<Email Address Redacted> <mailto:<Email Address Redacted>>
www.amputee-coalition.org < http://www.amputee-coalition.org >
(Artificial Limbs) for Low-Income Residents on January 1, 2003.
Paddy Rossbach, RN, President and CEO of the Amputee Coalition of
America (ACA) has written a letter to Governor Jane Swift and
Governor-Elect Mitt Romney of Massachusetts, expressing ACA's concern of
Massachusett's proposal to cut off services on January 1st to low-income
residents in need of an artificial limb or prosthesis. This letter and
a sample letter that consumers can use to send their own letter to
Governor Swift and Governor-Elect Mitt Romney of Massachusetts are
linked off the ACA Advocacy Web page at
< <URL Redacted>>
<URL Redacted>.
Help ensure that low-income Americans living with limb loss continue to
have access to prosthetics care. Write a letter or email to Governor
Jane Swift and Governor-Elect Mitt Romney on consumer concerns over
recent reports that the state of Mass. has proposed eliminating coverage
for prosthetics in the state's Medicaid program , Mass Health, starting
Jan. 1, 2003
Click
< <URL Redacted>> here
for contact information and samples which you can use to call, write or
email the Governor of Massachusetts.
Leslie Duncan, MIS
Manager, Information Services
Amputee Coalition of America
900 East Hill Ave., Suite 285
Knoxville, TN 37915-2568
888-267-5669
Fax 865-525-7917
<Email Address Redacted> <mailto:<Email Address Redacted>>
www.amputee-coalition.org < http://www.amputee-coalition.org >
Citation
Leslie Duncan, “FW: Massachusetts Plans to Eliminate Health Care Coverage for Prosthetics (Artificial Limbs) for Low-Income Residents on January 1, 2003,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 24, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/220135.
