[Missouri-l] [leadership] FW: Vision Loss Community Delivers Powerful Health Care Reform Message to Law Makers

[peter altschul]

 ---- Original Message ------
From: "Eric Bridges" <ebridges at acb.org
Subject: [leadership] FW: Vision Loss Community Delivers Powerful 
Health Care Reform Message to Law Makers
Date sent: Mon, 8 Jun 2009 12:45:36 -0400

            ACB endorsed AFB's healthcare reform letter.  Please 
use the link
below to read the full list of organizations that have signed on 
as
supporters.  The list is quite impressive.  ACB is actively 
pursuing the
issues mentioned in the letter in meetings on Capitol Hill.



Eric



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From: AFB DirectConnect [mailto:blemoine at afb.net]
Sent: Monday, June 08, 2009 12:33 PM
To: AFB Subscriber
Subject: Vision Loss Community Delivers Powerful Health Care 
Reform Message
to Law Makers













 AFB DirectConnect Letterhead
<http://www.afb.org/learn/icimage.asp?ImageID=1254






Vision Loss Community Delivers Powerful Health Care Reform 
Message to Law
Makers

For more information, contact:

Mark Richert
Director, Public Policy
American Foundation for the Blind
202-822-0833
mrichert at afb.net

More than 100 international, national and community-based 
organizations
representing, serving and advocating for people living with 
vision loss
joined the American Foundation for the Blind in an historic call 
to Congress
to make health care reform meaningful for individuals who are 
blind or
visually impaired.  The correspondence and list of endorsing 
organizations
can be found on the web at www.afb.org/Section.asp?SectionID=3
<http://www.afb.org/Section.asp?SectionID=3&TopicID=403&DocumentI
D=4796
&TopicID=403&DocumentID=4796.

In brief, the vision loss community is calling upon law makers to 
make
accessible medication labeling, Medicare reimbursement for low 
vision
devices and other assistive technologies, and vision 
rehabilitation services
reimbursement part of comprehensive health care reform.  The 
correspondence
has been delivered to all members of the Senate Committees on 
Finance and
Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, and the House Committees 
on Ways and
Means and Energy and Commerce.  Senior leadership and key opinion 
leaders on
both sides of the Hill are receiving the letter as well, and 
follow-up
visits are currently underway.  Advocates are encouraged to reach 
out to your
House and Senate members to make them aware of the vision 
loss-specific
policy priorities and to enlist their support.