NAAOP, and Injured and Amputee Veterans across the country, need your help!
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Title:
NAAOP, and Injured and Amputee Veterans across the country, need your help!
Creator:
NAAOP
Date:
10/28/2010
Text:
Read the NAAOP responses to the Veterans Administration's concerns with
HR5428 (Injured and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights) by clicking this
link:
<URL Redacted>
NAAOP, and Injured and Amputee Veterans across the country, need your help!
Recently, the Department of Veterans Affairs announced its opposition to
H.R. 5428, the Injured and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights. This comes as a
surprise as the VA supported a similar bill in the 110th Congress in the
summer of 2008. We need your help to illustrate why H.R. 5428 needs to
become law this year.
PLEASE DO YOUR PART AND CONTACT ONE OR TWO OF YOUR VA PATIENTS WHO HAVE HAD
PROBLEMS WITH THE ORTHOTIC OR PROSTHETIC CARE PROVIDED BY THE VA AND ASK
THEM TO WRITE TO NAAOP TODAY WITH THEIR EXPERIENCE! IT IS CRITICAL THAT THEY
EXPLAIN HOW THE BILL OF RIGHTS WOULD HAVE MADE THEIR EXPERIENCE WITH THE VA
A BETTER ONE. NAAOP WILL PACKAGE ALL THE LETTERS TOGETHER AND PRESENT THEM
TO CONGRESS TO DEMONSTRATE WHY THE VA BILL OF RIGHTS MUST BE PASSED NOW.
The Injured and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights (H.R. 5428) is federal
legislation that seeks to ensure that veterans know their rights about their
orthotic and prosthetic (O&P) care. The bill would mandate that all VA O&P
clinics post a written list of rights that all veterans have, including the
right to:
. Access the highest quality prosthetic and orthotic care;
. The most appropriate technology and best qualified practitioners;
. Select the practitioner that best meets their O&P needs, whether
or not that practitioner is an employee of the VA, a private VA contractor,
or a private practitioner with specialized expertise;
. Continuity of care in the transition from the Department of
Defense health program to the VA health system, including comparable O&P
benefits;
. Consistent and comparable services and technology across the
country;
. Timely and efficient O&P care, including speedy authorizations;
. A second opinion for O&P treatment options; and
. A primary orthosis/prosthesis and a functional spare.
NAAOP is proud that Congressman Bob Filner (D-CA), Chairman of the House
Veterans Affairs Committee, recently reintroduced H.R. 5428. Your active
involvement is critical to help him pass this bill.
NAAOP urges all O&P providers to contact their VA patients who have had
difficult experiences with the VA meeting their O&P needs. Urge them to
document their story, tell how the rights listed above would have helped
them if this legislation were already in place, and state their support for
immediate enactment of the Injury and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights.
SEND ALL LETTERS TO:
NAAOP
Attn: Peter W. Thomas, General Counsel
1501 M Street, N.W.
7th Floor, Washington, DC 20005-1700
Visit our website:
www.naaop.org
HR5428 (Injured and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights) by clicking this
link:
<URL Redacted>
NAAOP, and Injured and Amputee Veterans across the country, need your help!
Recently, the Department of Veterans Affairs announced its opposition to
H.R. 5428, the Injured and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights. This comes as a
surprise as the VA supported a similar bill in the 110th Congress in the
summer of 2008. We need your help to illustrate why H.R. 5428 needs to
become law this year.
PLEASE DO YOUR PART AND CONTACT ONE OR TWO OF YOUR VA PATIENTS WHO HAVE HAD
PROBLEMS WITH THE ORTHOTIC OR PROSTHETIC CARE PROVIDED BY THE VA AND ASK
THEM TO WRITE TO NAAOP TODAY WITH THEIR EXPERIENCE! IT IS CRITICAL THAT THEY
EXPLAIN HOW THE BILL OF RIGHTS WOULD HAVE MADE THEIR EXPERIENCE WITH THE VA
A BETTER ONE. NAAOP WILL PACKAGE ALL THE LETTERS TOGETHER AND PRESENT THEM
TO CONGRESS TO DEMONSTRATE WHY THE VA BILL OF RIGHTS MUST BE PASSED NOW.
The Injured and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights (H.R. 5428) is federal
legislation that seeks to ensure that veterans know their rights about their
orthotic and prosthetic (O&P) care. The bill would mandate that all VA O&P
clinics post a written list of rights that all veterans have, including the
right to:
. Access the highest quality prosthetic and orthotic care;
. The most appropriate technology and best qualified practitioners;
. Select the practitioner that best meets their O&P needs, whether
or not that practitioner is an employee of the VA, a private VA contractor,
or a private practitioner with specialized expertise;
. Continuity of care in the transition from the Department of
Defense health program to the VA health system, including comparable O&P
benefits;
. Consistent and comparable services and technology across the
country;
. Timely and efficient O&P care, including speedy authorizations;
. A second opinion for O&P treatment options; and
. A primary orthosis/prosthesis and a functional spare.
NAAOP is proud that Congressman Bob Filner (D-CA), Chairman of the House
Veterans Affairs Committee, recently reintroduced H.R. 5428. Your active
involvement is critical to help him pass this bill.
NAAOP urges all O&P providers to contact their VA patients who have had
difficult experiences with the VA meeting their O&P needs. Urge them to
document their story, tell how the rights listed above would have helped
them if this legislation were already in place, and state their support for
immediate enactment of the Injury and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights.
SEND ALL LETTERS TO:
NAAOP
Attn: Peter W. Thomas, General Counsel
1501 M Street, N.W.
7th Floor, Washington, DC 20005-1700
Visit our website:
www.naaop.org
Citation
NAAOP, “NAAOP, and Injured and Amputee Veterans across the country, need your help!,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 25, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/231910.
