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H.R. 2567 Tools
Click here for tips for congressional meetings.
Click here for talking points for congressional meetings. 
Click here for answers to questions that you may be asked in congressional meetings. Last updated September 25, 2007.
Click here for a template letter that can be used by health care professionals to write their U.S. Senators. Faxed paper letters on business letterhead can be effective, or click here to email. (We do not recommend traditional mail due to delays in receipt caused by security screening.)
Click here for a template letter that can be used by health care professionals to write their U.S. House Representatives. Faxed paper letters on business letterhead can be effective, or click here to email. (We do not recommend traditional mail due to delays in receipt caused by security screening.)
Click here for a guide on how to invite and conduct an infusion pharmacy site visit for your U.S. Senators and Representatives, an invaluable way to educate Congress on what it takes to deliver home infusion therapies and the need for meaningful Medicare coverage. See how others do this—for all.
Click here for a template letter you may use to invite your legislators to your infusion pharmacy.
Click here for a March 10, 2006 letter from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to Part D health plan sponsors. Included is CMS's statement that "the Medicare Part D benefit does not cover equipment, supplies, and professional services associated with home infusion therapy." This may be useful documentation for congressional offices on the gap in coverage.
Click here for a Rand Corporation report of a Pardee RAND Graduate School Ph.D. dissertation study in 2005. The Pardee RAND Graduate School is the world’s leading producer of Ph.D.’s in policy analysis. The estimates of the report imply that a $1 increase in prescription drug spending is associated with $1.63-2.05 reduction in Medicare Part A spending. The report also finds that Medicare prescription drug coverage results in more savings to the Medicare program among the poor. It finds a substantial substitution effect between prescription drugs and inpatient care. These conclusions are found on printed page 85 of the report.
Click here for counts of Medicare beneficiaries by state and congressional district. As of July 2006, find total beneficiaries, those in PDPs, those in MA-PDs, and more for your state or house district. (Source is CMS.)