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Dear Advocates for Home and Community Services:
Send the leadership of the National Governors' Association (NGA) a Valentines Day message: Home is Where the Heart Is!
Let them know, and your Governor too, that they should have a heart and support the Resolution originally introduced by Governor Rendell at the Seattle NGA meeting.
You can create your own message or send a fax via the internet.
On this Valentine's Day, February 14, 2005, we are asking the Governors belonging to the NGA to "Have A Heart" and pass Governor Rendell's original Resolution for Home and Community Services.
You can help by doing the following:
Email, fax or internet fax the leadership below with your message.
To internet fax them (at no cost to you) simply click on this link
http://capwiz.com/rochestercdr/issues/alert/?alertid=6951366&type=CU
There is a sample letter there which you can change or use as is!
BACKGROUND
The National Governors Association (NGA) will be voting on
an important Medicaid reform of long term services and supports policy/resolution at their Winter meeting in Washington, DC on March 1st. Governor Rendell of Pennsylvania had submitted a strongly worded resolution that if passed will design the roadmap for the reform of the Medicaid funded institutionally biased long term care system.
The Health and Human Services Committee of the NGA has
"broken our hearts" by watering down the original resolution.
The full NGA needs to "Have A Heart" and restore the
resolution to its original intent.
NO MORE STOLEN LIVES - FREE OUR PEOPLE
NGA Chairperson, Governor Mark Warner of Virginia
fax 804/371-6351
NGA Co-Chairperson, Governor Mike Huckabee of Arkansas
fax 501/682-1382
NGA HHS Committee Co-Chair Governor Jennifer Granholm of Michigan
fax 517/335-6949
NGA HHS Committee Co-Chair Governor Haley Barbour of Mississippi fax 601/359-3741
Governor Ed Rendell fax 717/772-8284
Rosemary Greco, Staff [EMAIL PROTECTED]
NGA Executive Director, Ray Scheppach [EMAIL PROTECTED]
NGA HHS Committee Staff Matt Salo [EMAIL PROTECTED]
NGA Communications Director Christine Lapaille [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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