Action Alert - Access to Medical Equipment

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NATIONAL COUNCIL ON INDEPENDENT LIVING (NCIL)

ACTION ALERT

Send in your stories to support the " Promoting Wellness for

Individuals with Disabilities Act of 2007 " !

Your stories are needed to support vital legislation to improve

access to medical equipment! If you have ever been denied diagnostic

medical testing or ran into barriers while getting a mammogram, an x-

ray, or getting on an examination table in a physicians office

because of your disability, NCIL needs to know about it!

Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) will introduce the " Promoting Wellness for

Individuals with Disabilities Act of 2007 " in the coming weeks to

establish accessibility standards for medical diagnostic equipment

and create wellness grants to fund health programs that focus on

individuals with disabilities.

In addition, the legislation requires medical and dental schools,

along with their residency programs, to increase training to improve

competency and clinical skills in providing care to people with a

variety of disabilities.

NCIL has promised Senator Harkin support. Senator Harkin was the

chief sponsor of the Americans with Disabilities Act. NCIL members

have stories regarding medical access barriers for people with

disabilities across the nation. NOW is the time to arm the Senator

with YOUR real life stories when he introduces the bill in the 110th

Congress!

Please send in your stories regarding medical access to

Leef, Health Care Policy Analyst at NCIL1710 Rhode Island Ave, NW,

5th Floor Washington, DC 20036, or e-mail them to

@.... For more information on Access to Medical

Equipment see ILRU's webcast with June Kailes on January 4, 2007.

http://www.ilru.org/html/training/webcasts/archive/index.html

This information is being distributed as a benefit to NCIL members.

Please feel free to communicate this alert to the people your

organization serves.