Demand that the Long Term Care Commission include representatives from
ADAPT and NCIL! _
Take Action!_
(http://capwiz.com/rochestercdr/utr/1/OEHQSQIPWB/OGBFSQIQVK/9229105431) The
first three appointments have been made & so far NO
REPRESENTATIVE from either ADAPT or NCIL has been appointed.
The first three appointments have been made to the Long Term Care
Commission.
So far NO REPRESENTATIVE from either ADAPT or NCIL has been appointed.
TAKE ACTION below and demand that the Commission include representatives
from ADAPT and NCIL!
Background
The Senate Majority Leader has made his three appointments to the
Commission on Long-Term Care. Those appointments are:
Laphonza Butler is the President of SEIU ULTCW – the United Long Term
Care Workers’ Union which represents in-home attendants and nursing facility
workers in California.
Judith "Judy" Feder is a Professor of Public Policy at Georgetown
University and was Dean of the Georgetown Public Policy Institute from 1999
through 2007; she is a member of the Institute of Medicine. Feder was staff
director of the U.S. Bipartisan Commission on Comprehensive Health Care (the
Pepper Commission) chaired by Senator John D. Rockefeller IV, which
contributed to the health care debate before and during the Clinton
administration in
the 1990s. She served in that administration as Principal Deputy
Assistant Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.
Javaid Anwar, M.D. is the CEO of Quality Care Consultants which provides
consultant services in health care strategy and policy development for
employers and health care organizations. He practices medicine with Internal
Medicine Associates and is the Medical Director for Employers Occupational
Health, the largest workers compensation insurance company in Nevada. He also
serves as the President of the Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners and
is a member of Senator Harry Reid’s Select Committee for Candidate
Interviews for Armed Services in Las Vegas, Nevada.
These are just the first three appointments. A dozen other people still
need to be appointed, but these appointments signal that we are likely to see
the same people appointed to the Commission who are always appointed to
these posts. None of these appointments bring the perspective of people with
disabilities who use attendant services or are likely to frame personal
assistance as a civil rights issue – at least for people with disabilities.
We have had enough of “experts” making decisions about OUR lives.
It’s time WE have a seat at the table and speak for ourselves! There
should be NOTHING ABOUT US WITHOUT US!
TAKE ACTION below and urge that the Commission include representatives
from ADAPT and NCIL!
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