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CONGRESS DELAYS MEDICAID VOTE!
As you may
know by now, yesterday the House leadership temporarily withdrew
the budget bill,
HR.
4241, from consideration because they did not have the
votes to pass it—and it was your phone calls and e-mails, along
with those of thousands of advocates across the country, that made
the difference. Together we have derailed, at least for now, a
deeply immoral budget that would have hurt millions of Medicaid
recipients and other vulnerable Americans. So pat yourself on
the back—you deserve it. Congratulations!
But our work is
not yet done. The House leadership has been stung by this
failure, and it will redouble its efforts next week to find enough
votes to pass the bill. We will probably have to call on you
again next week to keep the heat on members of Congress and press
them to do the right thing.
In the
meantime, we hope you enjoy the holiday weekend and that you come
back next week with replenished energy for the next round in our
battle to save Medicaid. As always, thank you for all your hard
work!
2006 ANNUAL
CONFERENCE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS REMINDER
It won’t be
long before we’ll be checking into the Sagamore, looking forward
to NYSACRA’s 2006 Annual Conference. This is a reminder that the
deadline for submission of workshop proposals is November 15,
2005. We’ve received many exciting proposals and are looking
forward to those that will be coming in early next week. The
Request for Proposal form can be found on NYSACRA’s website,
www.nysacra.org under
“Conferences & Seminars”, then “All NYSACRA Conferences” and then
click on “Annual Conference 2006”, or at
www.nysacra.org/nysacra/rfp06.pdf. Put your thinking cap on
and help make “What if? Why Not? Together We Can” another
unforgettable NYSACRA experience.
GO TO
WWW.NYSACRA.ORG AND JOIN THE
ON-LINE FORUMS!
Have you been
to the Forums page on the NYSACRA website recently? Along with
community discussions on topics like Medicare Part D, Criminal
Background Checks and Employee Healthcare Enhancement; NYSACRA
also hosts Regional Forums that provides our member agencies a
chance to connect with your colleagues from across the state.
It’s a great opportunity to ask questions and share your knowledge
with others and the NYSACRA staff.
Shortly, we
will also be hosting a new feature on our discussion board – “The
Question of the Week”. These questions will be used to gauge the
general climate of those working in the field of developmental
disabilities. Sometimes the question will be fun, while other
times it will be serious. Log on to
www.nysacra.org and join the
discussion!
SAVE THE
DATE: NYSACRA LEGISLATIVE DAY 2006 –
JANUARY 31, 2006
Next year’s NYSACRA
Legislative Day 2006 comes early on Tuesday, January 31, 2006.
Invitation letters and sign-up sheets will be sent out shortly,
but you can sign-up any time online by visiting
www.nysacra.org/nysacra/legday2006.htm or just
Click Here or print the form and fax in. |
