Support NY bill requiring insurance cover prostheses

Support NY bill requiring insurance cover prostheses

John Rheinstein

2/1/2005

Bills to mandate insurance coverage for prostheses have been introduced in the NY Senate, #S599 sponsored by Senator Bonacic, and the Assembly # A450 sponsored by Assemblywoman Gunther (Title of the bills is: An act to amend the insurance law, in relati
NY Parity Bill introduced to NY Senate & Assembly



Bills to mandate insurance coverage for prostheses have been introduced in the NY Senate, #S599 sponsored by Senator Bonacic, and the Assembly # A450 sponsored by Assemblywoman Gunther. The title of the bills is “An act to amend the insurance law, in relation to mandatory health insurance coverage for providing prosthetic devices.”



Both bills have been passed to the Insurance Committees (this is where they were previously stuck and dropped). Below is a list of Assembly and Senate Insurance Committee members. If you are an amputee and your legislator is on this list it is IMPERATIVE that you call them and tell them your story. We need the support of the insurance committee. Give them the number and name of the bills and tell them you want/need them to support the bills.

      Insurance Committee Members (Assembly)
     
      Chair

       Alexander B. Pete Grannis
     

     
      Members

       William A. Barclay

       Nancy Calhoun

       Ann Margaret Carrozza

       Joan K. Christensen

       Adele Cohen

       Vivian E. Cook

       Steven Cymbrowitz

       Adriano Espaillat

       Rhoda Jacobs

       Ryan Scott Karben

       Ivan C. Lafayette

       George S. Latimer

       Maureen C. O'Connell

       Bob Oaks

       Crystal D. Peoples

       N. Nick Perry

       Adam Clayton Powell IV

       J. Gary Pretlow

       Jose Rivera

       Mark J. Schroeder

       Frank R. Seddio

       Mark Weprin

       Sandra Lee Wirth

            Chairperson (Senate):
           
           

           Seward
           
           
            Members:
           
           
           

           LaValle
           Breslin
           

           Skelos
           Onorato
           

           Larkin
           Smith A
           

           Saland
           Gonzalez
           

           Alesi
           Stachowski
           

           Balboni
           Andrews
           

           Leibell
           
           

           Libous
           
           

           Flanagan
           
           

     

To find contact information for your representative log onto: <URL Redacted> or <URL Redacted> and follow directions to find individual members and contact information.



If your representative is not on this list write/call anyway and ask them to support the bills



Please forward this information to your friends, family members, colleagues, prosthetist, patients - have them support this effort and let's get this bill passed!!

Email it - Print it out and post it - Fax it.



If we are to get these bills passed in this and other states we have to make a bigger noise than other groups also looking for mandates!



Please send a copy of your letter to <Email Address Redacted> for ACA's records, and if you have any questions please call her at 888/267-5669, or me at 860/435-8892, and thank you for your help!



Paddy Rossbach President, CEO Amputee Coalition of America