ACTION NEEDED December 17, 2015 CRT Stakeholders and Friends, This afternoon the Senate introduced the "Patient Access and Medicare Protection Act", which includes a one year delay in the application of Medicare competitive bid pricing to Complex Rehab Wheelchair Accessories. To ensure its passage we need you to call your Senators TODAY. This bipartisan bill has been introduced by Senators Portman (R-OH), Casey (D-PA), Burr (R-NC), Schumer (D-NY), Blunt (R-MO), and Bennet (D-CO) and is limited to resolutions of several non-controversial Medicare issues. The plan is to get this bill passed before Congress adjourns. It is being expedited through the Senate using what is called the "hot line" process. What this means is that once the bill is introduced and distributed, each Senator has 24 hours to object to it. If there are no objections within that 24 hour period the bill is deemed as passed in the Senate and will be forwarded to the House for their voting. This is our last opportunity to get the CRT delay implemented this year and we need all CRT stakeholders to take the following action TODAY! If this effort is successful, we will let you know tomorrow on how to best contact your legislators in the House of Representatives. ACTION NEEDED: Using the Senate phone list below, please call both of your Senators (unless your Senator is one of the original sponsors above) and deliver this message: "I need the Senator to support the "Patient Access and Medicare Protection Act", which has just been introduced by Senators Portman, Casey, Burr, Schumer, Blunt, and Bennet and is being expedited through the "hot line" process. The bill includes a one year delay in the application of Medicare competitive bid pricing to Complex Rehab Wheelchair Accessories and will ensure individuals with significant disabilities continue to receive the specialized technology they depend on."
| Name | State | Office Phone |
| Jeff Sessions | Alabama | 202-224-4124 |
| Richard Shelby | Alabama | 202-224-5744 |
| Lisa Murkowski | Alaska | 202-224-6665 |
| Dan Sullivan | Alaska | 202-224-3004 |
| Jeff Flake | Arizona | 202-224-4521 |
| John McCain | Arizona | 202-224-2235 |
| John Boozman | Arkansas | 202-224-4843 |
| Tom Cotton | Arkansas | 202-224-2353 |
| Barbara Boxer | California | 202-224-3553 |
| Dianne Feinstein | California | 202-224-3841 |
| Michael Bennet | Colorado | 202-224-5852 |
| Cory Gardner | Colorado | 202-224-5941 |
| Richard Blumenthal | Connecticut | 202-224-2823 |
| Chris Murphy | Connecticut | 202-224-4041 |
| Tom Carper | Delaware | 202-224-2441 |
| Chris Coons | Delaware | 202-224-5042 |
| Bill Nelson | Florida | 202-224-5274 |
| Marco Rubio | Florida | 202-224-3041 |
| Johnny Isakson | Georgia | 202-224-3643 |
| David Perdue | Georgia | 202-224-3521 |
| Mazie Hirono | Hawaii | 202-224-6361 |
| Brian Schatz | Hawaii | 202-224-3934 |
| Mike Crapo | Idaho | 202-224-6142 |
| Jim Risch | Idaho | 202-224-2752 |
| Dick Durbin | Illinois | 202-224-2152 |
| Mark Kirk | Illinois | 202-224-2854 |
| Dan Coats | Indiana | 202-224-5623 |
| Joe Donnelly | Indiana | 202-224-4814 |
| Joni Ernst | Iowa | 202-224-3254 |
| Chuck Grassley | Iowa | 202-224-3744 |
| Jerry Moran | Kansas | 202-224-6521 |
| Pat Roberts | Kansas | 202-224-4774 |
| Mitch McConnell | Kentucky | 202-224-2541 |
| Rand Paul | Kentucky | 202-224-4343 |
| Bill Cassidy | Louisiana | 202-224-5824 |
| David Vitter | Louisiana | 202-224-4623 |
| Susan Collins | Maine | 202-224-2523 |
| Angus King | Maine | 202-224-5344 |
| Ben Cardin | Maryland | 202-224-4524 |
| Barbara Mikulski | Maryland | 202-224-4654 |
| Edward Markey | Massachusetts | 202-224-2742 |
| Elizabeth Warren | Massachusetts | 202-224-4543 |
| Gary Peters | Michigan | 202-224-6221 |
| Debbie Stabenow | Michigan | 202-224-4822 |
| Al Franken | Minnesota | 202-224-5641 |
| Amy Klobuchar | Minnesota | 202-224-3244 |
| Thad Cochran | Mississippi | 202-224-5054 |
| Roger Wicker | Mississippi | 202-224-6253 |
| Roy Blunt | Missouri | 202-224-5721 |
| Claire McCaskill | Missouri | 202-224-6154 |
| Steven Daines | Montana | 202-224-2651 |
| Jon Tester | Montana | 202-224-2644 |
| Deb Fischer | Nebraska | 202-224-6551 |
| Ben Sasse | Nebraska | 202-224-4224 |
| Dean Heller | Nevada | 202-224-6244 |
| Harry Reid | Nevada | 202-224-3542 |
| Kelly Ayotte | New Hampshire | 202-224-3324 |
| Jeanne Shaheen | New Hampshire | 202-224-2841 |
| Cory Booker | New Jersey | 202-224-3224 |
| Bob Menendez | New Jersey | 202-224-4744 |
| Martin Heinrich | New Mexico | 202-224-5521 |
| Tom Udall | New Mexico | 202-224-6621 |
| Kirsten Gillibrand | New York | 202-224-4451 |
| Charles Schumer | New York | 202-224-6542 |
| Richard Burr | North Carolina | 202-224-3154 |
| Thom Tillis | North Carolina | 202-224-6342 |
| Heidi Heitkamp | North Dakota | 202-224-2043 |
| John Hoeven | North Dakota | 202-224-2551 |
| Sherrod Brown | Ohio | 202-224-2315 |
| Rob Portman | Ohio | 202-224-3353 |
| Jim Inhofe | Oklahoma | 202-224-4721 |
| James Lankford | Oklahoma | 202-224-5754 |
| Jeff Merkley | Oregon | 202-224-3753 |
| Ron Wyden | Oregon | 202-224-5244 |
| Robert Casey | Pennsylvania | 202-224-6324 |
| Pat Toomey | Pennsylvania | 202-224-4254 |
| Jack Reed | Rhode Island | 202-224-4642 |
| Sheldon Whitehouse | Rhode Island | 202-224-2921 |
| Lindsey Graham | South Carolina | 202-224-5972 |
| Tim Scott | South Carolina | 202-224-6121 |
| Michael Rounds | South Dakota | 202-224-5842 |
| John Thune | South Dakota | 202-224-2321 |
| Lamar Alexander | Tennessee | 202-224-4944 |
| Bob Corker | Tennessee | 202-224-3344 |
| John Cornyn | Texas | 202-224-2934 |
| Ted Cruz | Texas | 202-224-5922 |
| Orrin Hatch | Utah | 202-224-5251 |
| Mike Lee | Utah | 202-224-5444 |
| Pat Leahy | Vermont | 202-224-4242 |
| Bernard Sanders | Vermont | 202-224-5141 |
| Tim Kaine | Virginia | 202-224-4024 |
| Mark Warner | Virginia | 202-224-2023 |
| Maria Cantwell | Washington | 202-224-3441 |
| Patty Murray | Washington | 202-224-2621 |
| Shelley Moore Capito | West Virginia | 202-224-6472 |
| Joe Manchin | West Virginia | 202-224-3954 |
| Tammy Baldwin | Wisconsin | 202-224-5653 |
| Ron Johnson | Wisconsin | 202-224-5323 |
| John Barrasso | Wyoming | 202-224-6441 |
| Mike Enzi | Wyoming | 202-224-3424 |
December 17, 2015 by NCART