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Subject Line: VOTE NOW - AGAIN - to End Waiting Lists

NEW ROUND OF VOTING BEGINS MONDAY, JANUARY 5 TO ASK FOR FULL FUNDING FOR

MEDICAID WAIVERS - AND TO CREATE PORTABILITY OF SERVICES

VOTE NOW - OR VOTE AGAIN IF YOU DID BEFORE!

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

tally_disabled)

1804 people voted to help fully fund the medicaid waiver program in the first

round of voting on Ideas for America on Change.org. This level of voting put

us in the top 3 of the health care category, which has given us a place in

the final voting process to be one of the Top 10 Ideas for America.

It is time to vote again - or vote for the first time if you didn't vote

before. All votes from round one have been deleted - you must return to vote

again. Go to the link above to vote.

The proposal is for this funding to be included in the economic stimulus

package that will soon be developed by the Obama administration. Funding

medicaid

waivers creates jobs while helping those who need the supports.

Important Note: Make CERTAIN your vote registers. You must click on the

number to the left of the title that says " VOTE " under it in order to have your

vote actually count. Once you have done that, it will say " VOTED " .

Registering on the site and entering a comment DOES NOT count as a vote! We

lost about

1/3 of our votes in the last round this way!

If we make it to the Top 10, Change.org will:

On January 16th, Change.org will co-host an event at the National Press Club

in Washington, DC to announce the top 10 rated ideas and our plans for

supporting the formation of a national advocacy campaign behind each idea in

collaboration with our nonprofit partners. The top 10 ideas will also be

presented to

President Obama on inauguration day.

Please distribute this email widely to your contacts and all membership

organizations.

Last day of voting: January 15.

Stay involved in the waiting list issue: contact _noewait@..._

(mailto:noewait@...)

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