10/26/09 - Update on HR 3790 - Budget Neutral Repeal of DMEPOS Bidding
Posted by: Rob Brant
on Oct 26, 2009
The bill has at least 38 co-sponsors including:
California
Rep. Sam Farr (D)
Colorado
Rep. Betsy Markey (D)
Florida
Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R)
Rep. Alcee Hastings (D) Rep. Ron Klein (D) Rep. Bill Posey (R) Rer. Adam Putnam (R)
Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (D) Rep. Robert Wexler (D)
Georgia
Rep. John Barrow (D)
Rep. Henry "Hank" Johnson (D)
Iowa
Rep. Bruce Braley (D) Rep. David Loesback (D)
Maine
Rep. Michael Michaud (D)
Massachusetts
Rep. Barney Frank (D)
Michigan
Rep. Candice Miller (R)
Missouri
Rep. Jo Ann Emerson (R)
New Jersey
Rep. Frank LoBiondo (R)
New York
Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D)
Rep. Dan Maffei (D)
North Carolina
Rep. G. K. Butterfield (D)
Rep. Larry Kissel (D)
Rep. Mike McIntyre (D)
Rep. Heath Shuler (D)
Ohio
Rep. Steve Austria (R)
Rep. John Boccieri (D)
Rep. Marcia Fudge (D)
Rep. Tim Ryan (D) Rep.
Pat Tiberi (R)
Rep. Michael Turner (R)
Pennsylvania
Rep. Jason Altmire (D)
Rep. John Murtha (D)
Rep. Glenn Thompson (R)
Texas
Rep. Ralph Hall (R)
Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D)
Virginia
Rep. Thomas Perriello (D)
Rep. Robert Wittman (R)
Please take a few minutes to Fax your U.S. Representative
We really need some more momentum. If your legislator is not listed below then please take a few minutes to do the following:
1) Look up your U.S. Representative at www.congress.gov
- simply enter your zip code of your home and each office location to find your U.S. Congressman/woman
2) Fill out a fax cover page adressed to: "Health LA" for each of your representatives and note:
"Please co-sponsor HR 3790, a bi-partisan budget neutral repeal of the flawed DMEPOS Bidding Program. This bill will give congress the same savings that the program was projected to give, without unnecessarily eliminating 90% of the local providers and without limiting a patient's access to quality products and timely services. The bidding has already begun and we need support as quickly as possible."
3) Print out the attached page and fax to their local and Washington, DC offices
Click to view HR-3790 summary page to fax.
If you have additional time, call your congressman/woman and ask for the Health Legislative Assistant and talk to them about co-sponsoring HR-3790.
If you are interested and need help reply back to this email and we will be happy to assist you.
Thanks in advance and let us know about your progress!!!



