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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 that includes a concerted media outreach campaign. The latest ad running in Capitol Hill newspapers asks Congress to prevent the return of the therapy caps. You may view the Joint Therapy Cap Repeal Ad (PDF format). ASHA members are encouraged to contact their members of Congress and insist that they pass legislation this year to prevent the therapy caps from being implemented on January 1, 2006.
Please contact your members of Congress through our Take Action Web site 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. For further information, please contact Reed Franklin, ASHA's Director for Federal and Political Advocacy, via e-mail at rfranklin@asha.org or at 800-498-2071, ext. 4473.
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