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APTA Health Care Reform Resource Center

• What APTA is Doing
• What You Can Do
• Proposed Plans
• What the Government is Doing
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• Newest Bill by House of Representatives: H.R. 3962 Summary (.pdf) - 11/5/09 NEW!

What APTA is Doing in Health Care Reform

APTA is working with Congress to ensure physical therapists' priorities and needs are met in any health care reform legislation. APTA isn't in the business of shaping the overall health care system. Our goal is to see that the profession has what it needs to provide the best possible care to its patients. APTA staff is in constant contact with members of Congress and their staff, along with many administration officials. We have regular meetings and phone calls with them to make sure they are aware of the needs of the PT profession. APTA is also a member of several health care coalitions that are deeply involved in the health care reform debate.

• Virtual Rally
• Click here for Virtual Rally video, resources and links to contact Congress!
• Virtual Rally Follow Up Questions (.pdf)

• APTA's Position on Health Care Reform
• PT Perspective on Health Care Reform (.pdf)
• Role of PT in Health Care Reform (.pdf)
• APTA Policy: Health Care System and Delivery of Physical Therapy Services
• Health Care Reform FAQ (.pdf)

• Coalition Action
• Therapy Cap Letter From AOTA, APTA, and ASHA (.pdf) - 7/7/09
• CCD Health Reform Priorities (.pdf)- 4/17/09
• CCD Review of White House Summit (.pdf) - 3/10/09
• PARCA Coaltion Letter to Obama (.pdf) - 11/21/08

• Responses to the Senate Committee on Finance
• Affordable Health Care Coverage (.pdf) - 5/22/09
• Health Care Delivery System Reform (.pdf) - 5/15/09
• Workforce Issues in Health Care Reform (.pdf) - 3/12/09

• Letters & Statements
• APTA Therapy Cap Letter to Speaker Pelosi and Chairmen Rangel and Waxman NEW!
• APTA Therapy Cap Letter to Republican Leader Boehner and Ranking Members Camp and Barton (.pdf) - 11/19/09 NEW!
• APTA Letter to President Obama on Therapy Caps (.pdf) - 9/11/09 NEW!
• APTA Statement on Comparative Effectiveness Research Recommendations - 7/2/09
• APTA Letter to Secretary Solis (Labor) on Workforce Issues (.pdf) - 3/20/09
• APTA Letter to Sen Baucus (.pdf) - 12/19/08
• APTA Letter to President Obama (.pdf) - 12/18/08

• Additional Information
• Economic Stimulus Package Information
• Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009

What You Can Do in Health Care Reform

APTA encourages our members and their patients to get involved in the debate. There are a multitude of avenues you can take to get your voice heard. You can write, call, or fax your Congressman or Senator using our Legislative Action Center. You can encourage your patients to do the same by having them visit the Patient Action Center (www.apta.org/patientaction). You can also attend a White House Regional Summit or take part in a town hall meeting with your member of Congress.

• Take Action!
• Click here for APTA Virtual Rally video, resources and links to contact Congress!

• White House Regional Summit Web Site
• Republican Health Care Solutions Working Group
• Legislative Action Center
• Patient Action Center
• APTA Learning Center Course: Health Care Reform 2009 NEW
• Reports from PTs Attending Regional White House Summits (coming soon)

Proposed Health Care Reform Plans

• Baucus Plan: A Call To Action: Health Care Reform in 2009 (.pdf)
• President Obama's Campaign Health Care Plan (.pdf)
• Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) (.pdf)
• Newest Bill by House of Representatives:  Summary of H.R. 3962 (.pdf) - 11/5/09 NEW!

• Obama Letter to Baucus & Kennedy (.pdf)

What the Government is Doing in Health Care Reform

The Senate Finance Committee has taken the lead in the debate for health care reforms. A health care reform bill will most likely originate in the Senate Finance Committee. Chairman Baucus and Senator Grassley (Ranking Republican member) are two of the most proactive members of the Senate in regards to health care reform. In the U.S. House of Representatives, the Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce committees will lead any debate in the House, but will most likely, allow the Senate Finance Committee; along with Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP); to propose any health care reform legislation. The President, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the White House Director on Health Care Reform will work with Congress to try and get their priorities included in any bills that they may pass.

• Senate Finance Web Site
• Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Web Site
• House Ways and Means Web Site
• House Energy and Commerce Web Site
• White House Health Care Web Site
• HealthReform.gov

Other Resources

• APTA Education Policy Priorities for PTs (.pdf) - 1/6/09
• National Health Expenditures Projections 2008-2018 (.pdf)
• Policy: Principles for the US Health Care System and Delivery of Physical Therapy

[Last updated: 11/19/09 | Contact: advocacy@apta.org]