Prosthetic coverage coming up for a vote in New Jersey!
Morgan Sheets
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Prosthetic coverage coming up for a vote in New Jersey!
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Morgan Sheets
Date:
9/8/2006
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The Amputee Coalition of America: CALL TO ACTION
The prosthetic coverage bill continues to move forward in New Jersey, but we need your help!
The Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee heard A1011, a bill for prosthetic coverage, on June 12. After testimony from patients, prosthetists and Amputee Coalition of America (ACA) staff, they passed the bill out of committee. We now have a chance to pass it out of the Assembly. It will come up for a vote on the Assembly floor in the fall. Once that happens, we will be working to pass this very important bill through the state Senate.
Contact your assembly member and senator today to urge them to support A1011!
* Ask your assemblyperson to support the bill when it comes before him or her for a floor vote in the fall.
* Urge your senator to support prosthetic coverage! It is important that we start to build support in the Senate now.
* Find your legislator and his or her contact information: <URL Redacted>
Sample E-mail/Letter
Dear Assemblyman/Assemblywoman/Senator ____,
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 healthcare. None of us want to see health insurance costs pushed beyond the reach of the average consumer. Our best financial data on this, however, comes from Colorado, which, in 1998, was the first state to pass prosthetic parity legislation.
A Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and 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 you.
Sincerely,
Name, Address, Phone
________________________________________________
For more information or to get involved in the ACA's campaign for prosthetic coverage, contact us at 202/742-1885 or <Email Address Redacted> <mailto:<Email Address Redacted>> .
Sent by:
Morgan Sheets
National Advocacy Director
Amputee Coalition of America
P.O. Box 73725
Washington, D.C. 20056
Direct ph. 202-742-1880
Fax: 202-462-3892
The prosthetic coverage bill continues to move forward in New Jersey, but we need your help!
The Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee heard A1011, a bill for prosthetic coverage, on June 12. After testimony from patients, prosthetists and Amputee Coalition of America (ACA) staff, they passed the bill out of committee. We now have a chance to pass it out of the Assembly. It will come up for a vote on the Assembly floor in the fall. Once that happens, we will be working to pass this very important bill through the state Senate.
Contact your assembly member and senator today to urge them to support A1011!
* Ask your assemblyperson to support the bill when it comes before him or her for a floor vote in the fall.
* Urge your senator to support prosthetic coverage! It is important that we start to build support in the Senate now.
* Find your legislator and his or her contact information: <URL Redacted>
Sample E-mail/Letter
Dear Assemblyman/Assemblywoman/Senator ____,
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 healthcare. None of us want to see health insurance costs pushed beyond the reach of the average consumer. Our best financial data on this, however, comes from Colorado, which, in 1998, was the first state to pass prosthetic parity legislation.
A Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and 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 you.
Sincerely,
Name, Address, Phone
________________________________________________
For more information or to get involved in the ACA's campaign for prosthetic coverage, contact us at 202/742-1885 or <Email Address Redacted> <mailto:<Email Address Redacted>> .
Sent by:
Morgan Sheets
National Advocacy Director
Amputee Coalition of America
P.O. Box 73725
Washington, D.C. 20056
Direct ph. 202-742-1880
Fax: 202-462-3892
Citation
Morgan Sheets, “Prosthetic coverage coming up for a vote in New Jersey!,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 2, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/227323.
