August 24th with the White House Health Reform Team

Several of us recently met with Nancy Ann DeParle, the President's chief strategist on health reform, to discuss ways to include key components of the the CCA in the final legislation. It was extremely good to sit down first with President Obama in July and then his health reform team in August and know that they are genuinely interested in working with people with disabilities and our families. As is self evident to all of us, we have the most to gain or lose in the next week as health reform takes shape or the insurance ... Read Moreindustry and their allies on the fringe are allowed to beat it to a pulp. Both on the health reform debate writ large and working to include the Community First Choice Medicaid Option in the final legislation, I am convinced we can and must make the vital difference."

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