NJ: Keep parity moving!
Morgan Sheets
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Title:
NJ: Keep parity moving!
Creator:
Morgan Sheets
Date:
6/22/2006
Text:
Amputee Coalition Update
The efforts to win insurance parity in New Jersey are moving forward, but we need your help!
The Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee heard A1011, a bill for prosthetic coverage on Monday, June 12th. After testimony from patients, prosthetists and ACA staff they passed the bill out of committee.
We now have a chance to pass it out of the Assembly, but we need your help!!
?Contact your assembly member today to urge them to support A1011!
* Find your legislator and his or her contact information: <URL Redacted>
Sample E-mail/Letter
Dear Assemblyman/Assemblywoman ____,
I am writing in response to A1011, a bill for prosthetic coverage. Without legislation to ensure coverage, many people living with the loss or absence of a limb are facing discouraging obstacles when trying to obtain prosthetic care. That is why this bill is so important!
Obviously, the biggest concern anybody has about passing a new mandate is cost. People fear that big jumps in the cost of insurance will reduce access to health care. None of us want to see health insurance costs pushed beyond the reach of the average consumer. Our best financial data comes from Colorado. They were the first state to pass prosthetic parity legislation in 1998.
A Department of Health Care Policy & Financing report found that the maximum increase in premiums for prosthetic provision would be about 12 cents per month. That is less than $1.50 per year. That is not going to push anyone off the insurance rolls or put anyone out of business. It will, however, get people the care they need to get back to work and live independent, productive lives.
A1011 just passed the Financial Institutions and Insurance committee after very compelling testimony from patients, prosthetists and the Amputee Coalition of America, the national advocacy group for people with limb loss. I am writing to urge you to support A1011 when it comes before the Assembly for a vote.
Sincerely,
Name, Address, Phone
Sent by:
Morgan Sheets
National Campaign Director for APPLL (Action Plan for People with Limb Loss)
Amputee Coalition of America
Direct ph. 202-742-1880
Cell Ph. 202-302-4373
Fax: (866) 599-8994
<URL Redacted> < <URL Redacted>>
The efforts to win insurance parity in New Jersey are moving forward, but we need your help!
The Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee heard A1011, a bill for prosthetic coverage on Monday, June 12th. After testimony from patients, prosthetists and ACA staff they passed the bill out of committee.
We now have a chance to pass it out of the Assembly, but we need your help!!
?Contact your assembly member today to urge them to support A1011!
* Find your legislator and his or her contact information: <URL Redacted>
Sample E-mail/Letter
Dear Assemblyman/Assemblywoman ____,
I am writing in response to A1011, a bill for prosthetic coverage. Without legislation to ensure coverage, many people living with the loss or absence of a limb are facing discouraging obstacles when trying to obtain prosthetic care. That is why this bill is so important!
Obviously, the biggest concern anybody has about passing a new mandate is cost. People fear that big jumps in the cost of insurance will reduce access to health care. None of us want to see health insurance costs pushed beyond the reach of the average consumer. Our best financial data comes from Colorado. They were the first state to pass prosthetic parity legislation in 1998.
A Department of Health Care Policy & Financing report found that the maximum increase in premiums for prosthetic provision would be about 12 cents per month. That is less than $1.50 per year. That is not going to push anyone off the insurance rolls or put anyone out of business. It will, however, get people the care they need to get back to work and live independent, productive lives.
A1011 just passed the Financial Institutions and Insurance committee after very compelling testimony from patients, prosthetists and the Amputee Coalition of America, the national advocacy group for people with limb loss. I am writing to urge you to support A1011 when it comes before the Assembly for a vote.
Sincerely,
Name, Address, Phone
Sent by:
Morgan Sheets
National Campaign Director for APPLL (Action Plan for People with Limb Loss)
Amputee Coalition of America
Direct ph. 202-742-1880
Cell Ph. 202-302-4373
Fax: (866) 599-8994
<URL Redacted> < <URL Redacted>>
Citation
Morgan Sheets, “NJ: Keep parity moving!,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 2, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/226799.
