Yes We Can! Five Easy Steps YOU Can Take to Impact Health Care Reform
The Obama transition team is gathering input from citizens and organizations about health care reform.
Here are several ways to make your voice heard.
Share your ideas on health care reform at http://healthreform.gov/. Focus on stories demonstrating how midwifery care improves outcomes and yields cost savings, or where barriers to practice are limiting access or leading to poor outcomes. Encourage your clients to write in as well.
Get involved in state and local health reform panels. Keep us posted on your activities!
Send welcome/introduction letters to members of Congress.
Click on the above link for a list of Chapter Legislative Contacts (CLCs). Click here for a description of duties of a CLC.
Brielle Stoyke, CNM and member of ACNM’s Government Affairs Committee met Senator Al Franken (D-MN) at a convention. She spoke specifically about S662 (Senate version of the Medicare reimbursement bill).
Six days later, Franken signed the bill!
Questions? Contact your Government Affairs Committee Representative
