Laura
09-15-2009, 06:17 PM
Action Alert
September 15, 2009
Issue: Urge your Senator and the Senate Finance Committee to include the
Community First Choice option in the committee health reform bill
Action: Use Center for Disability Rights' capwiz to contact NY Senators
Schumer and Gillibrand and the key Senate Finance Committee leaders to ask
them to support including the Community First Choice option in the
committee's health reform bill. Click on the "Take Action Now" link below,
which will take you to a sample letter. Feel free to edit it to make it
more personal.
Take Action Now!
http://capwiz.com/rochestercdr/issues/alert/?alertid=14029391
Background: The Senate Finance Committee is about to begin final mark-up of
their health reform bill. It is critical that we take action now to get
them to include a proposal which addresses Medicaid's institutional bias.
ADAPT, NCIL, the Arc, the Coalition for Community Integration and other
advocates have developed a proposal for a state option that would give
states an enhanced federal Medicaid match for providing attendant services
and supports as an alternative to institutional placement. This proposal is
called the Community First Choice (CFC) option.
It is urgent that we contact our Senators and key Finance Committee leaders
to ask them to support including the Community First Choice in the
committee's health reform bill.
Please report your efforts to Mike Godino, see below contact information.
Sent by:
Mike Godino
Director of Advocacy, BCID
Brooklyn Center for the Independence of the Disabled, Inc.
27 Smith Street, 2nd Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11201-5111
Voice: 718-998-3000
TTY: 718-998-7406
Fax: 718-998-3743
mgodino@bcid.org
September 15, 2009
Issue: Urge your Senator and the Senate Finance Committee to include the
Community First Choice option in the committee health reform bill
Action: Use Center for Disability Rights' capwiz to contact NY Senators
Schumer and Gillibrand and the key Senate Finance Committee leaders to ask
them to support including the Community First Choice option in the
committee's health reform bill. Click on the "Take Action Now" link below,
which will take you to a sample letter. Feel free to edit it to make it
more personal.
Take Action Now!
http://capwiz.com/rochestercdr/issues/alert/?alertid=14029391
Background: The Senate Finance Committee is about to begin final mark-up of
their health reform bill. It is critical that we take action now to get
them to include a proposal which addresses Medicaid's institutional bias.
ADAPT, NCIL, the Arc, the Coalition for Community Integration and other
advocates have developed a proposal for a state option that would give
states an enhanced federal Medicaid match for providing attendant services
and supports as an alternative to institutional placement. This proposal is
called the Community First Choice (CFC) option.
It is urgent that we contact our Senators and key Finance Committee leaders
to ask them to support including the Community First Choice in the
committee's health reform bill.
Please report your efforts to Mike Godino, see below contact information.
Sent by:
Mike Godino
Director of Advocacy, BCID
Brooklyn Center for the Independence of the Disabled, Inc.
27 Smith Street, 2nd Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11201-5111
Voice: 718-998-3000
TTY: 718-998-7406
Fax: 718-998-3743
mgodino@bcid.org