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Each year, ASHA develops a public policy agenda with input from members to help determine the Association's priorities for the year. Below are ASHA's highest priorities for 2006:
- Promote direct patient access to audiology and speech-language pathology services for Medicare beneficiaries, including direct billing and ensuring that both the work component and the technical component for services are included in the fee schedule.
- Promote full funding and implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), with emphasis on the recruitment and retention of highly qualified personnel, reducing caseloads/workloads, and providing services to culturally and linguistically diverse children.
- Promote federal financial aid policies and priorities that support recruitment of students to doctoral programs and retention of PhD faculty and researchers, with emphasis on culturally/linguistically diverse candidates.
Visit ASHA's 2006 Public Policy Agenda to learn more.
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