Guest guest Posted January 19, 2004 Report Share Posted January 19, 2004 Get to know your congressman personally and talk about being a co-sponsor for HR747 this time around, and any other proactive OM bills that come down the pike. The more you ask for the more this person will have to become aware of the profession and its utility in the greater run of things. Even if they don't go for it, continue to support this person, unless you like someone else better whom you feel good about supporting and thier chances on winning, keep connected withthem and offer them to consider it again each session (2 years). These people work off of long term relationships. They have a lot of people who will support them while thier little thing is being done and don't do so later, and they can pick them out from those who seriously support them, long term, for who they are. DAVe In a message dated 1/15/04 5:34:02 PM, johnlg_2000 writes: How DO we work on getting insurance coverage? --- acuman1 wrote: > > In a message dated 1/13/04 7:39:39 PM, > susegmen writes: > > > > I can't guarantee that every representative will > function so effectively > > nor that every one of them will care in the manner > of Barbara Lee.?She's > > actually quite a special human being.?However, it > is important not to ignore that > > we live in a democracy.?Start by calling or > faxing a letter to your rep. > > > > Constituent services makes the congressman > re-elected. You will now most > likely always vote for this person, even if she does > a few things you might not > agree with. However, I am sure that she also > connected with you, which makes her > respect you as welll for what you know. This is a > good thing fo rherbal > medicine. > One thing which I always stress is that everyone > should attend thier local > reps (state rep and senator, as well as > congresspeople) receptions, paying > $50-100 per. Consider is advertising, because if you > talk with the people > attending, you will probably find prospective > patients because evereyone there could > afford $50-100 to attend a political reception. They > can also afford folks (us) > outside of their insurance program. Until we are > totally mainstream, these are > our patients. > This is not to say we can avoid working on getting > coverage. > DAvid Molony > Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes http://hotjobs.sweepstakes./signingbonus Membership requires that you do not post any commerical, swear, religious, spam messages,flame another member or swear. To change your email settings, i.e. individually, daily digest or none, visit the groups’ homepage: Chinese Medicine/ click ‘edit my membership' on the right hand side and adjust accordingly. To send an email to <Chinese Medicine- > from the email account you joined with. You will be removed automatically but will still recieve messages for a few days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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