I just got this email from The Big Push for Midwives and want to pass this on to the mamas here at MDC.
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| Now that the House has passed health care reform legislation WITHOUT CPMs included, it has become clear that we need our OWN bill. The Senate is our best hope to do that. Please call your Senators today and ask them to take the lead in introducing a BILL to provide Medicaid payment of Certified Professional Midwife services. To find your Senators and their contact information, go to: http://tinyurl.com/b1lm OR 
Call the U.S. Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and ask for your Senators' offices. Midwives and other childbirth professionals: It's very important to pass this action alert to your clients and ask them to make calls TODAY! A separate bill for CPMs gives us many more options for ensuring that their services are federally recognized and covered and it allows us to recruit supporters from BOTH parties! Keep trying if you don't get through. Call AGAIN even if you've called already-it takes more than one call! LOTS of groups are calling their Senators about health care reform today-support for Certified Professional Midwives and out-of-hospital maternity care needs to get heard through all the noise! Ask to speak with your Senator's legislative health assistant. Be sure to get his/her name. This is critical information for us to follow-up with the staff. |
