From list at ptidaho.org Fri Sep 18 09:52:43 2009 From: list at ptidaho.org (PTIdaho.org List) Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:52:43 -0600 Subject: [List] Info from APTA Message-ID: <20090918095243.7ztbinka8s04cck4@webmail.ptidaho.org> Sent to you by Jill Cooper, IPTA? Exec. Director. TO RESPOND PLEASE USE OFFICE at PTIDAHO.ORG. BUILDING PROFESSIONAL NETWORKS AUDIO CONFERENCE The Component Services Department, in collaboration with the Health Policy and Administration Section, presents the Building Effective Professional Networks audio-conference, Wednesday, September 23 from 7:00 to 8:30 pm Eastern.? Jennifer Wilson, PT, MBA, Director of the Health Policy and Administration Section's LAMP program, will illustrate essential relationship-building and networking skills that can be used in different leadership and professional roles and can be identified and applied to various communities, stakeholders, and practice settings. Developing these skills can help leaders and professionals broaden their influence, advance their careers, boost APTA involvement, and enhance their access to resources.? The importance of combining face-to-face interactions and voice-to-voice exchanges, with 'virtual social networking sites' and other new technologies will be discussed and strategies will be highlighted to help minimize the challenges and barriers to building relationships and social networks. Please encourage members to attend and register in advance by sending an e-mail to jeremymcshan at apta.org. Foundation Accepting Applications for Scholarships and Fellowship The Foundation for Physical Therapy is now accepting online applications for the 2010-2011 Promotion of Doctoral Studies (PODS) scholarships and the 2010 New Investigator Fellowship Initiative - Health Services Research (NIFTI-HSR) award. All applications for the scholarships and fellowship must be submitted online by Noon ET on January 26. For eligibility and guidelines about the PODS scholarship and NIFTI-HSR award, please visit www.FoundationforPhysicalTherapy.org. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.ptidaho.org/pipermail/list/attachments/20090918/b0832a5d/attachment.html From list at ptidaho.org Sat Sep 19 16:05:10 2009 From: list at ptidaho.org (PTIdaho.org List) Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2009 16:05:10 -0600 Subject: [List] IPTA SOUTHWEST DISTRICT meeting features Dr. Patmas Message-ID: <20090919160510.74tht31tlwko0gck@webmail.ptidaho.org> Sent by Jill Cooper, IPTA Exec. Dir. For questions reply to galen at rehabauthority.com. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? IPTA Southwest District Meeting ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?When:? September 29th 6:00-8:00 p.m. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Where:? St. Luke?s Meridian, 038 - Blackfoot, 037 - Lemhi, 039 - Paiute ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Presenters: Dr. Michael Patmas, Topic:? Healthcare Economics and the Future of Healthcare ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Galen Danielson PT, DPT, Topic: Topic:? APTA Branding Campaign? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.ptidaho.org/pipermail/list/attachments/20090919/89764507/attachment.html From list at ptidaho.org Mon Sep 21 12:28:56 2009 From: list at ptidaho.org (PTIdaho.org List) Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 11:28:56 -0700 Subject: [List] FW: APTA Legislative Action Alert : Action needed TODAY! Message-ID: <79C9D8229E04274CAB414DA6A98340282A1F76280C@EX2.taiweb.com> Everyone, Please make the call to Senator Crapo today, and make sure all the therapists you know (and any patients as well) make a phone call too. See below for details. Crapo (ID) - 202-224-6142 Thanks, Matt Booth, DPT, OCS Doctor of Physical Therapy Orthopedic Certified Specialist Clinic Director - Therapeutic Associates Boise PT - Parkcenter (208)433-9211 From: Melissa Manzione [mailto:advocacy at apta.org] Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 9:22 AM To: Matt Booth Subject: APTA Legislative Action Alert : Action needed TODAY! [http://www.vocus.com/images/gr/APTA_LegActionAlert.jpg] IMMEDIATE ACTION NEEDED TODAY Direct Access Amendment to be offered in U.S. Senate Finance Committee Mark-Up of Health Care Reform Bill On Tuesday September 22, Sen. Blanche Lincoln will offer an amendment to The America's Healthy Future Act in the U.S. Senate Finance Committee to authorize qualified physical therapists in rural areas to provide services for Medicare beneficiaries without the requirement of a physician referral. Today, Medicare law requires a beneficiary who receives outpatient physical therapy services to be under the care of a physician. However, outside of Medicare, 44 states and the District of Columbia allow for direct access to the services of licensed physical therapists for evaluation and treatment. In rural communities with little or no access to a quick referral system from a primary care provider, timely access to a physical therapist can be delayed, adding cost to the overall recovery of a senior or individual with a disability. Timing The Senate Finance Committee will be voting on amendments on Tuesday, September 22, so place your calls TODAY! Message Contact your Senator on the Senate Finance Committee (see list below) with the following Message: Support the Lincoln Direct Access Amendment in the Senate Finance Committee's Health Care Reform Bill! Talking Points * Direct access eliminates the burden of unnecessary visits to physicians in order to access physical therapy. The burdensome requirements, such as the physician's referral or certification of the plan of care, can cause delays and denials of services provided by physical therapists. Delays in care result in higher cost, decreased functional outcomes, and frustration for patients. Direct access to physical therapists improves the accessibility of rehabilitation services. * Licensed physical therapists are well qualified to provide services in rural areas independent of referral from physicians. Physical therapists are educated at the post-baccalaureate level and receive extensive education and clinical training to be able to practice without a referral. Currently, forty-eight (48) states and the District of Columbia (D.C.) do not require a referral for physical therapist evaluation. Forty-four (44) of those states and D.C. have some form of direct patient access to licensed physical therapist evaluation and treatment. It is time that Medicare beneficiaries have the same access to physical therapists as non-Medicare beneficiaries. What You Can Do Contact your Senator and ask them to Support the Lincoln Direct Access Amendment in the Senate Finance Committee's Health Care Reform Bill TODAY! CALL: Contact your Senator's office by calling the number below. Ask for the staff member that handles Healthcare issues. Baucus (MT) - 202-224-2651 Bingaman (NM) - 202-224-5521 Kerry (MA) - 202-224-2742 Rockefeller (WV) - 202-224-6472 Conrad (ND) - 202-224-2043 Wyden (OR) - 202-224-5244 Schumer (NY) - 202-224-6542 Lincoln (AR) - 202-224-4843 (thank Senator Lincoln for offering the amendment) Nelson (FL) - 202-224-5274 Carper (DE) - 202-224-2441 Stabenow (MI) - 202-224-4822 Menendez (NJ) - 202-224-4744 Grassley (IA) - 202-224-3744 Hatch (UT) - 202-224-5251 Snowe (ME) - 202-224-5344 Kyl (AZ) - 202-224-4521 Roberts (KS) - 202-224-4774 Enzi (WY) - 202-224-3424 Bunning (KY) - 202-224-4343 Crapo (ID) - 202-224-6142 Ensign (NV) - 202-224-6244 Cornyn (TX) - 202-224-2934 Cantwell (WA) - 202-224-3441 If you have any questions or need additional information regarding the Direct Access Amendment in the Senate Finance Committee's Health Care Reform Bill contact the APTA Congressional Affairs department at 1/800-999-2782, ext. 8533, advocacy at apta.org. Thanks for your help in getting this important message through to Congress! Please do not forward this email. To receive this information in another format for forwarding purposes, contact Melissa Manzione at melissamanzione at apta.org. [http://VocusGR.vocus.com/GRSPACE2/Url.aspx?336x2007912x1895352] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.ptidaho.org/pipermail/list/attachments/20090921/89756264/attachment.html From list at ptidaho.org Mon Sep 21 14:15:59 2009 From: list at ptidaho.org (PTIdaho.org List) Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:15:59 -0600 Subject: [List] You advocacy action needed today - Call Sen. Crapo's office Message-ID: <1690B8842F0944279C76E65619055261@THOWELL> Hi Everyone, APTA has sent out an alert to contact members of the Senate Finance Committee about the proposed direct access amendment below. This would be a huge success for our profession if this was included in any appropriate health care reform. Please take time to call Senator Crapo, a member of the Senate Finance Committee, today, even if you are not in his district. You can call this evening as well. The more support we have, the more calls we have, the better the chances of this passing from the committee and having it included in final healthcare legislation. Please call today Senator Crapo's number is 202-224-6142 Thanks, Tom Howell, P.T., M.P.T. Howell Physical Therapy Eagle, ID thowell at fiberpipe.net "On Tuesday September 22, Sen. Blanche Lincoln will offer an amendment to The America's Healthy Future Act in the U.S. Senate Finance Committee to authorize qualified physical therapists in rural areas to provide services for Medicare beneficiaries without the requirement of a physician referral. Today, Medicare law requires a beneficiary who receives outpatient physical therapy services to be under the care of a physician. However, outside of Medicare, 44 states and the District of Columbia allow for direct access to the services of licensed physical therapists for evaluation and treatment. In rural communities with little or no access to a quick referral system from a primary care provider, timely access to a physical therapist can be delayed, adding cost to the overall recovery of a senior or individual with a disability. Timing The Senate Finance Committee will be voting on amendments on Tuesday, September 22, so place your calls TODAY! Message Contact your Senator on the Senate Finance Committee (see list below) with the following Message: Support the Lincoln Direct Access Amendment in the Senate Finance Committee's Health Care Reform Bill! Talking Points * Direct access eliminates the burden of unnecessary visits to physicians in order to access physical therapy. The burdensome requirements, such as the physician's referral or certification of the plan of care, can cause delays and denials of services provided by physical therapists. Delays in care result in higher cost, decreased functional outcomes, and frustration for patients. Direct access to physical therapists improves the accessibility of rehabilitation services. * Licensed physical therapists are well qualified to provide services in rural areas independent of referral from physicians. Physical therapists are educated at the post-baccalaureate level and receive extensive education and clinical training to be able to practice without a referral. Currently, forty-eight (48) states and the District of Columbia (D.C.) do not require a referral for physical therapist evaluation. Forty-four (44) of those states and D.C. have some form of direct patient access to licensed physical therapist evaluation and treatment. It is time that Medicare beneficiaries have the same access to physical therapists as non-Medicare beneficiaries." This email and any files transmitted with it may contain PRIVILEGED or CONFIDENTIAL information and may be read or used only by the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient of the email or any of its attachments, please be advised that you have received this email in error and that any use, dissemination, distribution, forwarding, printing or copying of this email or any attached files is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please immediately purge it and all attachments and notify the sender by reply email. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.ptidaho.org/pipermail/list/attachments/20090921/2a3ccb5a/attachment.html From list at ptidaho.org Tue Sep 22 08:24:51 2009 From: list at ptidaho.org (PTIdaho.org List) Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 08:24:51 -0600 Subject: [List] You advocacy action needed today - Call Sen. Crapo's office In-Reply-To: <1690B8842F0944279C76E65619055261@THOWELL> References: <1690B8842F0944279C76E65619055261@THOWELL> Message-ID: To All - Sounds like we had a good representation to Sen Crapo, I was able to talk to his aide and he said he had had numerous calls from folks in ID. We all need to keep our eyes and ears open to what's going on in health care reform to ensure our voices are heard. Thanks to all the dedicated Idaho PT's and PTA's Al Crothers, PT, SCS IPTA President. To: list at ptidaho.org Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:15:59 -0600 From: list at ptidaho.org Subject: [List] You advocacy action needed today - Call Sen. Crapo's office Hi Everyone, APTA has sent out an alert to contact members of the Senate Finance Committee about the proposed direct access amendment below. This would be a huge success for our profession if this was included in any appropriate health care reform. Please take time to call Senator Crapo, a member of the Senate Finance Committee, today, even if you are not in his district. You can call this evening as well. The more support we have, the more calls we have, the better the chances of this passing from the committee and having it included in final healthcare legislation. Please call today Senator Crapo?s number is 202-224-6142 Thanks, Tom Howell, P.T., M.P.T. Howell Physical Therapy Eagle, ID thowell at fiberpipe.net ?On Tuesday September 22, Sen. Blanche Lincoln will offer an amendment to The America?s Healthy Future Act in the U.S. Senate Finance Committee to authorize qualified physical therapists in rural areas to provide services for Medicare beneficiaries without the requirement of a physician referral. Today, Medicare law requires a beneficiary who receives outpatient physical therapy services to be under the care of a physician. However, outside of Medicare, 44 states and the District of Columbia allow for direct access to the services of licensed physical therapists for evaluation and treatment. In rural communities with little or no access to a quick referral system from a primary care provider, timely access to a physical therapist can be delayed, adding cost to the overall recovery of a senior or individual with a disability. Timing The Senate Finance Committee will be voting on amendments on Tuesday, September 22, so place your calls TODAY! Message Contact your Senator on the Senate Finance Committee (see list below) with the following Message: Support the Lincoln Direct Access Amendment in the Senate Finance Committee?s Health Care Reform Bill! Talking Points ? Direct access eliminates the burden of unnecessary visits to physicians in order to access physical therapy. The burdensome requirements, such as the physician?s referral or certification of the plan of care, can cause delays and denials of services provided by physical therapists. Delays in care result in higher cost, decreased functional outcomes, and frustration for patients. Direct access to physical therapists improves the accessibility of rehabilitation services. ? Licensed physical therapists are well qualified to provide services in rural areas independent of referral from physicians. Physical therapists are educated at the post-baccalaureate level and receive extensive education and clinical training to be able to practice without a referral. Currently, forty-eight (48) states and the District of Columbia (D.C.) do not require a referral for physical therapist evaluation. Forty-four (44) of those states and D.C. have some form of direct patient access to licensed physical therapist evaluation and treatment. It is time that Medicare beneficiaries have the same access to physical therapists as non-Medicare beneficiaries.? This email and any files transmitted with it may contain PRIVILEGED or CONFIDENTIAL information and may be read or used only by the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient of the email or any of its attachments, please be advised that you have received this email in error and that any use, dissemination, distribution, forwarding, printing or copying of this email or any attached files is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please immediately purge it and all attachments and notify the sender by reply email. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.ptidaho.org/pipermail/list/attachments/20090922/bb2aad72/attachment.html From list at ptidaho.org Thu Sep 24 18:48:00 2009 From: list at ptidaho.org (PTIdaho.org List) Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:48:00 -0600 Subject: [List] Info from APTA re: audio conference, CSM registration and learning center sale. Message-ID: <20090924184800.9mh6hm0k8c088s8o@webmail.ptidaho.org> Sent to you by IPTA. TO RESPOND USE OFFICE at PTIDAHO.ORG. Please do not click "reply". TOOLS FOR THE PHYSICAL THERAPIST AUDIO CONFERENCE APTA will be hosting an audio conference titled "Tools for the Physical Therapist:? Maximizing profits by creating efficiencies" Thursday, October 15 from 2:00 to 3:30 pm Eastern. The audio conference will provide an overview in identifying the processes involved in revenue cycle management in your offices. and in developing effective strategies in increasing up-front cash collections.? Speakers Lynn Steffes, PT, and Carmen Elliott, MS, of APTA's Payment Policy & Advocacy will discuss strategies in point-of-service collections, dealing with third-party payers, and other top issues dealing with revenue cycle management.? Spaces are limited, registration closes October 12 midnight Eastern. Visit www.apta.org/thesource to register. APTA LEARNING CENTER'S SALE ENDS WEDNESDAY Bring home quality education tools from PT 2009, with topics including autism, balance and falls, frailty, real-world pharmacology, school-based physical therapy, sports related TBI, stroke, ultrasound imaging, wound management, and more. Take advantage of the members only Back to School Sale ending Wednesday, September 30. CSM Registration Is Now Open! Details about the Combined Sections Meeting (CSM), February 17-20 in San Diego have been posted. Please provide this link to your members on your component Web site. The early bird registration ends December 23 and hotel reservations should be made before January 18. Section Presidents and Component Executives receive complimentary advanced registration. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.ptidaho.org/pipermail/list/attachments/20090924/a5f924b3/attachment.html From list at ptidaho.org Mon Sep 28 18:01:16 2009 From: list at ptidaho.org (PTIdaho.org List) Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:01:16 -0600 Subject: [List] FW: Health Care Reform Update Message-ID: <7568C026D19A463982C2BB87554588E8@THOWELL> Here is the latest healthcare reform info from the APTA Tom Howell, P.T., M.P.T. Howell Physical Therapy Eagle, ID thowell at fiberpipe.net This email and any files transmitted with it may contain PRIVILEGED or CONFIDENTIAL information and may be read or used only by the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient of the email or any of its attachments, please be advised that you have received this email in error and that any use, dissemination, distribution, forwarding, printing or copying of this email or any attached files is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please immediately purge it and all attachments and notify the sender by reply email. _____ From: Melissa Manzione [mailto:advocacy at apta.org] Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 12:52 PM To: thowell at fiberpipe.net Subject: Health Care Reform Update Health Care Reform - Government Affairs Update (9) September 28, 2009 As we enter the final week of September, health care reform continues its difficult journey through Congress. No GPS system could have correctly predicted the path we have taken to date in 2009 nor the path ahead in the coming weeks. The twists and turns will continue, the terrain full of peril, and the path to the President's desk still unclear. As we head towards October, we have also seen significant progress in this journey with continued pushing from the Administration and developments in the Senate Finance Committee over the past several weeks. September kicked off with the President's joint session address to Congress and concludes with all fixed on the United States Senate and its Finance Committee. After a year of debate, summits, and policy option papers, the Senate Finance Committee finally released its draft of health care legislation. Chairman Baucus' Mark of the America's Healthy Future Act was released with a 223-page draft on September 16th. This draft framework of legislation was one of the most anticipated in the health care reform debate. The Senate Finance Committee is the remaining committee of the 5 major Committees with primary jurisdiction on health care to act. The Finance Committee is also the most moderate of the 5 Committees and their draft is thought to be the closest to a final bill that can pass the House of Representatives and Senate. America's Healthy Future Act was scored at $774 billion over 10 years, considerably less than the House of Representative's America's Affordable Health Choices Act (HR 3200), which came in with a $1.3 trillion price tag. It is projected that the United States will have 54 million uninsured individuals by 2019 with no action on health care reform. The Senate Finance version is estimated to reduce the uninsured to 25 million individuals over the next 10 years compared to HR 3200's reduction to 17 million individuals. The Senate Finance draft is also the only bill currently pending in Congress that reduces the deficit over the next 10 years. It is projected that this legislation would reduce the deficit by $49 billion, whereas HR 3200 would increase the deficit $239 billion. At the health care delivery system level, the Senate Finance Committee version of health care reform places the lowest burden on the employer. The employer mandate in America's Healthy Future Act would only apply to employers that have greater than 50 employees and assign a $400 penalty per employee if the employer does not offer meaningful health care insurance. And it exempts small businesses if they have a payroll under $500,000. The House bill by contrast would have a stricter employer mandate. In HR 3200, the employer must pay 65% of the family premium or be subject to penalties. The Senate Finance Committee keeps the strong individual mandate provisions that have been seen in the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pension Committee and the House bills. This would require individuals to demonstrate health care insurance or pay a penalty. The penalties and exemptions from the penalty differ across the different bills, but all maintain an enforceable mandate on individuals to have health care coverage. Besides the weaker mandate on employers seen in the Senate Finance Committee, the other major difference is the absence of the public plan option. HR 3200 and the Senate HELP version in which the Senate Finance Committee version must be merged with prior to action on the Senate floor both have a strong public option as part of the health care insurance exchanges to improve access to affordable coverage. The Senate Finance Committee does not have a public plan option, but instead authorizes the establishment of health care cooperatives as an alternative to the government offering a product to compete with private insurance companies. Health care cooperatives are not-for-profit entities in which the members or consumers maintain governance powers and set the policies. Two cooperatives are currently operating in health care, Group Health Cooperative in Seattle, Washington, and HealthPartners in Minnesota. Much is unknown about how health care cooperatives would be established and how they would operate, but their political viability iles mostly in what they are not - a government-run public option. The Senate Finance Committee version also contains critical provisions to ensure that pre-existing conditions are not used as a condition of non-coverage when plans are issued or renewed. Two areas of concern to APTA in this legislation were the omission of rehabilitation from the essential benefits package and the continued promotion of bundling as a payment methodology for post-acute care. Although America's Healthy Future Act does not contain rehabilitation as an essential element like HR 3200, current analysis of this bill indicates that physical therapy would be part of other defined benefit categories, such as outpatient services, hospitalizations, and health care professional services. APTA continues to advocate for rehabilitation to be an essential benefit in the Senate version of health care reform. In addition, APTA continues to monitor and express its concern with the national pilot program on bundling payments for post-acute care included in America's Healthy Future Act. Other key physical therapy provisions included in America's Healthy Future Act are: * a 2-year extension of the therapy cap exceptions process, * a 1-year fix for the sustainable growth rate (SGR) with a .5 percent increase, * an extension of the 1.00 floor for geographic practice cost indices (GPCI) for an additional 2 years, * a ban on physician-owned specialty hospitals due to abuses in self-referral, * increased transparency on disclosure of financial relationship between physicians and referred professional services, and * extension of bonus payments for the physician quality reporting initiative. On September 22, 2009, the Senate Finance Committee began to mark up America's Healthy Future Act and to consider more than 500 amendments that were filed on Friday, September 18. Included in the filed amendments was one by Senator Blanche Lincoln (D-AR). Senator Lincoln's amendment (D9-#41) would allow for direct access to physical therapists for outpatient services in rural areas. This amendment is heavily opposed by physician specialties and has not been heard in the Committee's deliberations as of September 28, 2009. The Committee will resume its hearing on Tuesday, September 29 and APTA expects this amendment to be offered by Senator Lincoln prior to the conclusion of the hearing this week. APTA also is monitoring an amendment offered by Senator Wyden. The amendment regards clinical laboratory services, but is off-set with legislation to require accreditation for providers, including physical therapists, to provide patients with custom fitted or custom fabricated orthoses and prostheses. This would significantly limit physical therapists from services they are currently providing to patients with disabilities and impairments. This amendment had also not been heard prior to the weekend break by the Senate Finance Committee. With the Senate Finance Committee finally beginning its action on health care reform, the Senate calendar gains some clarity. The Finance Committee will look to conclude its mark-up this week. The bill expected to be reported out of committee will then be merged with the $645 billion Senate HELP legislation that was voted out on July 17 on a straight party-line vote. This merger is expected to occur through the Columbus Day recess, with likely Senate Floor action beginning the week of October 19. The Senate floor action will see extended debate and numerous amendments before a final vote. Across the Capitol it is not certain if the House will move HR 3200, America's Affordable Health Choices Act or if it will wait for Senate action. If the House waits for Senate action, it is a strong possibility that Speaker Pelosi will take the Senate bill straight to the House floor for a vote. This strategy could avoid a potentially difficult and protracted conference committee. This approach is dependent on the provisions that are included in the Senate version and their acceptability to the Speaker and House Democratic leadership. If the House moves HR 3200, then the House and Senate bills will have to be sent to conference, presenting more delay and difficulty to deliver this domestic policy priority of the President by the end of 2009. The path for health care reform is far from its destination or certain in its outcome. The details have made the proposals more defined, but we expect many of these proposals to change over the journey, whether that is in defeat or a signature by President Obama. For more information on Health Care Reform Please visit the APTA's Health Care Reform Resource Center. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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