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Date: Tue, 04 Oct 2005 17:59:00 -0400
From: ASHA Reimbursement <Reimbursement@...>
Reply-To: ASHA Reimbursement <Reimbursement@...>
Subject: ASHA Calls for Action as Therapy Cap Countdown Drops Under 100 Days
To: Richard Robinson <RRobinson@...>

ASHA Calls for Action as Therapy Cap Countdown Drops Under 100 Days

Medicare beneficiaries once again face having their therapy benefits limited
in fewer than 100 days if Congress fails to take action. ASHA has been
working intensely with key congressional committees and other therapy
organizations to develop an alternative to the therapy caps that meets the
fiscal constraints of the Medicare program.

To supplement this effort, ASHA has launched a grassroots campaign aimed at
Congress over the next month. ASHA members are encouraged to contact their
members of Congress and warn them that they have to pass Medicare legislation
this year to prevent a $1,750 therapy cap from being implemented on January 1,
2006.

Please contact your members of Congress through our Take Action web site at
http://www.asha.org/takeaction.htm and ask them to support H.R. 916 and S. 438
to repeal the Medicare therapy caps. The issue brief and background
information are available in ASHA’s Therapy Cap Advocacy Center at
http://www.asha.org/about/legislation-advocacy/federal/cap/. For further
information, please contact Reed Franklin, ASHA’s Director for Federal and
Political Advocacy, via e-mail at rfranklin@... or at 800-274-2376, ext.
4473.

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