H.R. 3559 Cosponsor Roster Grows to 45, USA

Main Category: Caregivers / Homecare
Article Date: 06 Nov 2005 - 4:00 PDT

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Support in Congress is growing for H.R. 3559, the Hobson-Tanner bill. The bill would fix key problems in the "competitive bidding" (aka restrictive contracting) provisions of the Medicare Modernization Act including protections for both beneficiaries and small providers.

See details about the bill and the full cosponsor list under Advocacy Priorities on the front page of http://www.aahomecare.org. Please review the cosponsor list to see whether your Member of the House of Representatives has signed on yet. If he or she is not a cosponsor yet, please ask for their immediate support (see sample letter on the AAHomecare website). If they have signed on, a big thank you is in order.

Recent cosponsors of the Hobson-Tanner bill include:
Rep. Robert E. Andrews (D-NJ)
Rep. Shelley Berkley (D-NV)
Rep. Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY)
Rep. Jo Bonner (R-AL)
Rep. Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT)
Rep. Harold E. Ford Jr. (D-TN)
Rep. Jim Gibbons (R-NV)
Rep. Virgil H. Goode (R-VA)
Rep. Ralph Hall (R-TX)
Rep. Stephanie Herseth (D-SD)
Rep. Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA)
Rep. Thaddeus G. McCotter (R-MI)
Rep. Randy Neugebauer (R-TX)
Rep. Jon C. Porter (R-NV)
Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH)
Rep. Bernard Sanders (I-VT)
Rep. John F. Tierney (D-MA)
Rep. James T. Walsh (R-NY)

For these particular cosponsors, special thanks go to the following state associations for their advocacy efforts on behalf of H.R. 3559: the Jersey Association of Medical Equipment Suppliers (JAMES), Nevada Association of Medical Products Suppliers (NAMPS), New York Medical Equipment Providers Association (NYMEP), Alabama Durable Medical Equipment Association (ADMEA), Ohio Association of Medical Equipment Services (OAMES), New England Medical Equipment Dealers Association (NEMED), Tennessee Association for Homecare (TAHC), Virginia Association of Durable Medical Equipment Companies (VADMEC), Medical Equipment Suppliers Association (MESA), Michigan Home Health Association (MHHA), and the Midwest Association for Medical Equipment Services (MAMES).

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For more information, please call AAHomecare at (703) 836-6263.
http://www.aahomecare.org.

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