ACA moves forward with its Access to Care and Health Promotion Initiative by adding new Prosthetic Parity Reference Page
Leslie Duncan
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Title:
ACA moves forward with its Access to Care and Health Promotion Initiative by adding new Prosthetic Parity Reference Page
Creator:
Leslie Duncan
Date:
11/2/2004
Text:
November 2004
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Amputee Coalition of America
900 East Hill Avenue, Suite 285
Knoxville, TN 37915-2568
Phone: 800/267-5669
Fax: 865/525-7917
www.amputee-coalition.org
Contact: Leslie Duncan
Phone: 865/524-8772, ext. 8115
Fax: 865/525-7917
E-mail: <Email Address Redacted>
Amputee Coalition of America moves forward with its Access to Care and Health Promotion Initiative by adding new Prosthetic Parity Reference Page to its Web site
After identifying access to care and health promotion as the two most important concerns among people with limb loss, the Amputee Coalition of America (ACA) has given priority to its Access to Care and Health Promotion Initiative-an initiative that closely allies the ACA with state-specific advocacy and action groups seeking to attain new legislative mandates that will secure appropriate levels of insurance coverage for rehabilitative care, prostheses and prosthetic repair.
The idea is to encourage these grassroots organizations by showing our support and offering them information and instruction on how to rally the support needed to effect change, says Leslie Duncan, MLS, ACA manager of government relations.
Now available at www.amputee-coalition.org/aca_advocacy_stateparity.html, the ACA's Prosthetic Parity Reference Page allows anyone who is interested to view state-specific prosthetic parity legislation that has been passed and mandated, as well as other state-specific prosthetic parity legislation that is currently in the works.
The idea of the new reference page, Duncan continues, is to highlight all of the accomplishments made thus far and to show other start-up advocacy groups looking to effect change that the idea of the Access to Care and Health Promotion Initiative can be realized and that new state-specific prosthetic parity legislation can be achieved.
Unfortunately, cuts in healthcare directly affect people living with limb loss by placing restrictions on the money available for state-level Medicaid programs and imposing limits on appropriate and essential rehabilitative care. Similarly, private insurance companies are placing limits and, in some cases, completely excluding access to essential assistive technologies that offer those with limb loss the opportunity to lead active, healthy and productive lives. Removing these barriers is the essence of our mission.
For more information regarding these and other issues, please visit our Web site at www.amputee-coalition.org/aca_advocacy.html, contact an ACA information specialist, or talk directly to Leslie Duncan to find out how you can make a difference.
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Leslie Duncan, MIS
Manager, Information Services
Amputee Coalition of America
900 East Hill Ave., Suite 285
Knoxville, TN 37915-2568
888-267-5669 ext. 8115
Fax 865-525-7917
<Email Address Redacted>
www.amputee-coalition.org
1989-2004 Celebrating 15 years of Excellence
This E-mail and any attachments contain privileged and confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, be aware that any dissemination or copying of this E-mail is prohibited. If you have received this E-mail in error, please notify us immediately by returning it to the sender and deleting this copy from your system. Thank you for your cooperation.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Amputee Coalition of America
900 East Hill Avenue, Suite 285
Knoxville, TN 37915-2568
Phone: 800/267-5669
Fax: 865/525-7917
www.amputee-coalition.org
Contact: Leslie Duncan
Phone: 865/524-8772, ext. 8115
Fax: 865/525-7917
E-mail: <Email Address Redacted>
Amputee Coalition of America moves forward with its Access to Care and Health Promotion Initiative by adding new Prosthetic Parity Reference Page to its Web site
After identifying access to care and health promotion as the two most important concerns among people with limb loss, the Amputee Coalition of America (ACA) has given priority to its Access to Care and Health Promotion Initiative-an initiative that closely allies the ACA with state-specific advocacy and action groups seeking to attain new legislative mandates that will secure appropriate levels of insurance coverage for rehabilitative care, prostheses and prosthetic repair.
The idea is to encourage these grassroots organizations by showing our support and offering them information and instruction on how to rally the support needed to effect change, says Leslie Duncan, MLS, ACA manager of government relations.
Now available at www.amputee-coalition.org/aca_advocacy_stateparity.html, the ACA's Prosthetic Parity Reference Page allows anyone who is interested to view state-specific prosthetic parity legislation that has been passed and mandated, as well as other state-specific prosthetic parity legislation that is currently in the works.
The idea of the new reference page, Duncan continues, is to highlight all of the accomplishments made thus far and to show other start-up advocacy groups looking to effect change that the idea of the Access to Care and Health Promotion Initiative can be realized and that new state-specific prosthetic parity legislation can be achieved.
Unfortunately, cuts in healthcare directly affect people living with limb loss by placing restrictions on the money available for state-level Medicaid programs and imposing limits on appropriate and essential rehabilitative care. Similarly, private insurance companies are placing limits and, in some cases, completely excluding access to essential assistive technologies that offer those with limb loss the opportunity to lead active, healthy and productive lives. Removing these barriers is the essence of our mission.
For more information regarding these and other issues, please visit our Web site at www.amputee-coalition.org/aca_advocacy.html, contact an ACA information specialist, or talk directly to Leslie Duncan to find out how you can make a difference.
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Leslie Duncan, MIS
Manager, Information Services
Amputee Coalition of America
900 East Hill Ave., Suite 285
Knoxville, TN 37915-2568
888-267-5669 ext. 8115
Fax 865-525-7917
<Email Address Redacted>
www.amputee-coalition.org
1989-2004 Celebrating 15 years of Excellence
This E-mail and any attachments contain privileged and confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, be aware that any dissemination or copying of this E-mail is prohibited. If you have received this E-mail in error, please notify us immediately by returning it to the sender and deleting this copy from your system. Thank you for your cooperation.
Citation
Leslie Duncan, “ACA moves forward with its Access to Care and Health Promotion Initiative by adding new Prosthetic Parity Reference Page,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 2, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/223847.
