Medicare RT Act Needs Support

This ACTION ALERT UPDATE was received from G.T.Thompson,Co-Chair of ATRA's Recreational Therapy Medicare Project. It concerns House Bill 4248. Your action is needed. Please read on:

As you know ATRA’s House Bill, H.R. 4248 “The Ensuring Medicare Access To Recreational Therapy Act Of 2007” has been introduced in the United States House of Representatives.

Recreational Therapy professionals, consumers, students and other supportive individuals have been doing a great job of contacting Congress throughout the nation to request members of Congress to sign on as H.R. 4248 Bill Sponsors.

Congress is NOT in recess right now. They are actively working on Medicare legislation and expect to be in session well into December unless negotiations on a number of major bills break down.

While it is possible that the Medicare debate spills over into January or February of next year, there is no guarantee that there will not be some action in December.

We need to keep pressing. The House strategy is to get as many House Members as possible to add their names as cosponsors of our bill.

Anything you can do to get Members to sign on sooner rather than later would be optimal.