18th out of 7,500 ideas is NOT GOOD ENOUGH to help end the DD Wait LIst!

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FAMILY.

18th out of 7,500 ideas is NOT GOOD ENOUGH! The proposal to fully fund the

Medicaid Waivers and end the waitlist for hundreds of thousands of

individuals with DEVELOPMENTAL disabilities is now 18th.

_http://www.change.org/ideas/view/fully_fund_medicaid_waivers_for_the_developm

entally_disabled_

(http://www.change.org/ideas/view/fully_fund_medicaid_waivers_for_the_developmen\

tally_disabled)

BUT IT HAS TO BE IN THE TOP TEN TO BE BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE OBAMA

ADMINISTRATION AS DESCRIBED BELOW.

From MSNBC:

Change.org Opens Voting for the Top 10 Ideas for America

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Change.org, the leading online platform for social

change, today announced it has opened voting for the Top 10 Ideas for America,

to

be presented to the Obama Administration at an event at the National Press

Club in Washington, D.C., just days before the Inauguration. Each winning idea

will form the basis of a national advocacy campaign organized in

_collaboration_ (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28509756/#) with leading

nonprofits to

translate each idea into real policy.

The voting process comprises the second and final round of the " Ideas for

Change in America " competition.

Since the launch of the competition more than 7,500 ideas have been

submitted, addressing major challenges ranging from global warming to the

economy to

education. More than 30,000 comments have been added and 250,000 votes have

been cast to discuss and identify the best among these ideas.

PLEASE GO TO THE WEB SITE BELOW, REGISTER, RETURN TO THE WEB SITE BELOW AND

CAST YOUR VOTE (LEAVING A COMMENT DOES NOT CAST A VOTE). ALL WE NEED IS

1,600 MORE VOTES.

_http://www.change.org/ideas/view/fully_fund_medicaid_waivers_for_the_developm

entally_disabled_

(http://www.change.org/ideas/view/fully_fund_medicaid_waivers_for_the_developmen\

tally_disabled)

TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE WAIT LIST, VIEW THE FOLLOWING SHORT VIDEO ABOUT

SAMANTHA:

_http://blip.http://blip.<WBR_ (http://blip.tv/file/1638780/)

To learn more about the National Organization to End the Wait List, please

see:

_HTTP://WWW.NOEWAIT.NET_ (http://WWW.NOEWAIT.NET)

VOTING ENDS ON THE 15TH OF JANUARY

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