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Update on MiCASSA WANT TO DO MORE??? Congress will be coming home during August for district visits. You can meet with them while they are back home. Both Senate and House are having their Summer Break/District work session. The House Members and Senators will be back in their Districts until September. It may be kind of late to get an appointment, BUT you can drop off some info and maybe you can get lucky. FREE OUR PEOPLE!!!! NEW COST FIGURES FOR MICASSA ARE OUT!!!!!!! UCSF Today - School of Nursing Stat Mavens Make Numbers Tell the Truth HERE FINALLY is the revised cost estimates on MiCASSA. As you may recall, the CBO estimates included costs of things that the MiCASSA bill does not cover and included people who would not be eligible for services. Researchers Mitch LaPlante and Charlene Harrington reviewed and revised this cost estimate in light of new information and found the cost much lower than what the CBO had estimated. To quote from the article below: "They ran their own study and found the likely annual costs to be $1.2 billion to $3.2 billion, a difference of between $9 billion and $17 billion from what the CBO came up with. Their study not only challenges the CBO's assumptions, but raises the question of just how people arrive at numbers that become gospel in public discussions." Besides this published article, the public record shows that the study with the cost figures and analysis referenced has been specifically shared with and explained to: Senator Harkin's office Steve Tingus, Director of NIDRR (of the US Dept. of ED. He is a Bush appointee, directly representing the President on Disability policy) Dr. Mark McClellan, CMS Administrator and Bush appointee Carol O'Shaughnessy of Congressional Research Service NO MORE EXCUSES!!!!!! EVERYONE KNOWS MICASSA WILL ONLY COST 1.2 TO 3.2 BILLION -- NOT 10 TO 20 BILLION! THE PRESIDENT KNOWS. HIS CABINET KNOWS. CONGRESS KNOWS. SENATORS KNOW. CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH KNOWS. WE KNOW, AND NOW, YOU KNOW. NO MORE EXCUSES. NO MORE STOLEN LIVES. PASS MICASSA NOW!!!!! Don't know who your Congressional Representative is? No problem! Click HERE or Type in the link: http://mygov.governmentguide.com/mygov/dbq/officials/ and type in your zip and off you go! MiCASSA In The Senate: The Senate Bill number for MiCASSA is S. 401. You can see the full text on Thomas by clicking right here: MiCASSA You can view of summary of current sponsers and other critial data by clicking here for Current Action. It is exactly as last time, so the summary, Q&A etc. from last time are still accurate. MiCASSA In The House: May 8, 2003, Representatives Danny Davis and John Shimkus introduced the House version of MiCASSA. The bill number is HR 910. Here is full text of HR 910 from the Library of Congress. HOW DO USERS SUBSCRIBE TO THE ADAPT MAILING LIST? If you would like to get on the ADAPT update list for MiCASSA and related issues, this is a guide on how to get on the ADAPT E-Mail mailing list. The E-Mail comes from a Majordomo Server. Send an E-Mail from your preferred E-Mail mailbox in the following manner: HEADING: To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: subscribe micasa-list BODY: subscribe micasa-list You MUST maintain an E-Mail account at a stable address for receipt of E-Mail. You must subscribe again to the list server if you move your E-Mail mailbox. Addresses that do not work will be removed. If you have problems please let me know at [EMAIL PROTECTED] And last but not least, if you want to get on our ADAPT newsletter mailing list send me your name, snail mail address & phone. Thanks, Stephanie ADAPT and Friends Cheer the Introduction of MiCASSA in the House photo by Jennifer Luciano -- More Pictures Let's Free Our People! OLD VERSIONS OF MICASSA Click for historical materials about MiCASSA Bills Click here for Thomas Directions for using Thomas: Click on the link. Type in the bill number -- HR 910 for the House bill or S 401 for the Senate bill - in the search box. When you get to the bill, click on the "Link to the Bill Summary & Status file." Sort this list alphabetically or -- to see the latest cosponsors -- by date.