NY Folks - GMHC Needs Your Help!
Jun. 23rd, 2011 10:10 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wwcitizenI called from NJ - not sure if it'll have any weight, but my name's in the pot anyway. Please take a moment to make 2 calls and make a huge difference! Please hurry! We may only have 1 day left to do this. It was cool to hear that 1000s of people have been calling for the last two days and I was one of them!
This year's NY state budget eliminated long-standing pharmacy patient protections for people living with HIV/AIDS. GMHC is deeply concerned about the impact of these changes on Medicaid beneficiaries who are living with HIV/AIDS, severe mental illness and depression. As we know, a small change in medication can be life-threatening.
We strongly believe that ensuring access to appropriate medication and continuity of care should be the priority to serve patients who receive Medicaid.
Call Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver 518-455-3791
Ask him to please support A.8237 sponsored by Assemblyman Rivera to ensure that necessary patient protections remain in place for Medicaid beneficiaries during their transition to managed care.
Call Assembly Health Chair Dick Gottfried 518-455-4941
Ask him to please support A.8237 and move it forward to Rules to ensure that necessary patient protections remain in place for Medicaid beneficiaries during their transition to managed care.
This bill, also sponsored by Senator Kemp Hannon, has already passed the Senate but we need your help to get it on the floor of the Assembly.
Thank you for your prompt and immediate action on this critical issue!
For more information please contact Lyndel Urbano at 212-367-1456 or lyndelu@gmhc.org
This year's NY state budget eliminated long-standing pharmacy patient protections for people living with HIV/AIDS. GMHC is deeply concerned about the impact of these changes on Medicaid beneficiaries who are living with HIV/AIDS, severe mental illness and depression. As we know, a small change in medication can be life-threatening.
We strongly believe that ensuring access to appropriate medication and continuity of care should be the priority to serve patients who receive Medicaid.
Call Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver 518-455-3791
Ask him to please support A.8237 sponsored by Assemblyman Rivera to ensure that necessary patient protections remain in place for Medicaid beneficiaries during their transition to managed care.
Call Assembly Health Chair Dick Gottfried 518-455-4941
Ask him to please support A.8237 and move it forward to Rules to ensure that necessary patient protections remain in place for Medicaid beneficiaries during their transition to managed care.
This bill, also sponsored by Senator Kemp Hannon, has already passed the Senate but we need your help to get it on the floor of the Assembly.
Thank you for your prompt and immediate action on this critical issue!
For more information please contact Lyndel Urbano at 212-367-1456 or lyndelu@gmhc.org
