APPLL Update: Prosthetic Coverage
Morgan Sheets
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Collection
Title:
APPLL Update: Prosthetic Coverage
Creator:
Morgan Sheets
Date:
10/17/2006
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You are only too aware that an increasing number of people living with the loss or absence of a limb are facing daunting obstacles from third party payers when trying to obtain the prosthetic care they need to enable them to return to an active, productive lifestyle. This obviously has a devastating emotional and physical impact on both them, and their families
The Amputee Coalition of America (ACA) is committed to a course of action to correct this injustice and improve access to appropriate prosthetic care for all amputees.
In 2005, we launched our Action Plan for People with Limb Loss (APPLL), and started working to introduce legislation at the state level that requires insurance companies to cover prosthetic limbs. In the past nine months, the Amputee Coalition of America has supported prosthetic coverage efforts in eight (8) states. We have worked with and advised an additional nine (9) states in the early stages of a coverage initiative. And with help from the ACA and its members, Rhode Island, Massachusetts and California all passed bills in 2006, making a total of six states with prosthetic parity bills in place.
What's next?
-The PA Health & Human Services Committee is hearing HB 2718, a bill for prosthetic coverage this week.
-The Wisconsin Society of Orthotists Prosthetists and Pedorthists (WSOPP) met last week. The executive council introduced the parity initiative to their membership. We are uncertain if introduction will occur in 07 or 08, but they are moving forward.
-We now have a bill moving in OK. A number of potential sponsors have been identified. We are currently working on bill language.
-Our brand new online Action Center and enhanced organizing toolkit will launch this November.
-We just put out our new outreach brochure.
There are many exciting opportunities just around the corner as we prepare for the 2007 legislative session where 9 states are already poised to introduce legislation
For more information or to get involved in the ACA's campaign for prosthetic coverage, contact us at <Email Address Redacted> or 202-742-1885.
You are only too aware that an increasing number of people living with the loss or absence of a limb are facing daunting obstacles from third party payers when trying to obtain the prosthetic care they need to enable them to return to an active, productive lifestyle. This obviously has a devastating emotional and physical impact on both them, and their families
The Amputee Coalition of America (ACA) is committed to a course of action to correct this injustice and improve access to appropriate prosthetic care for all amputees.
In 2005, we launched our Action Plan for People with Limb Loss (APPLL), and started working to introduce legislation at the state level that requires insurance companies to cover prosthetic limbs. In the past nine months, the Amputee Coalition of America has supported prosthetic coverage efforts in eight (8) states. We have worked with and advised an additional nine (9) states in the early stages of a coverage initiative. And with help from the ACA and its members, Rhode Island, Massachusetts and California all passed bills in 2006, making a total of six states with prosthetic parity bills in place.
What's next?
-The PA Health & Human Services Committee is hearing HB 2718, a bill for prosthetic coverage this week.
-The Wisconsin Society of Orthotists Prosthetists and Pedorthists (WSOPP) met last week. The executive council introduced the parity initiative to their membership. We are uncertain if introduction will occur in 07 or 08, but they are moving forward.
-We now have a bill moving in OK. A number of potential sponsors have been identified. We are currently working on bill language.
-Our brand new online Action Center and enhanced organizing toolkit will launch this November.
-We just put out our new outreach brochure.
There are many exciting opportunities just around the corner as we prepare for the 2007 legislative session where 9 states are already poised to introduce legislation
For more information or to get involved in the ACA's campaign for prosthetic coverage, contact us at <Email Address Redacted> or 202-742-1885.
Citation
Morgan Sheets, “APPLL Update: Prosthetic Coverage,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 24, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/227380.
