[IABS-Talk] FW: Victory! Access to health benefit information achieved for blind federal employees

[davant1958 at gmail.com]

Hello,

I think we all received this yesterday. But just in case, here it is again.

 

 

Denise Avant, ESQ

1st Vice President

National Federation of the Blind of Illinois

For more information about NFBI,

Go to www.nfbofillinois.org

 

From: Barry Taylor <BarryT at equipforequality.org> 
Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2021 7:42 AM
To: Barry Taylor <BarryT at equipforequality.org>
Subject: Victory! Access to health benefit information achieved for blind
federal employees

 

Equip for Equality partnered with the National Federation of the Blind to
address the federal government's failure to make health benefit information
accessible to blind federal employees, retirees, and other plan
participants. I'm pleased to announce that a Consent Decree has been reached
in which the Office of Personnel management will ensure that health-benefit
information on www.opm.gov <http://www.opm.gov>  is accessible and will
notify all providers of federal employee health benefits that they must make
their own federal employee benefits websites and mobile apps accessible or
face potential consequences to their contracts. Congratulations to Rachel
Weisberg and Paul Mollica for their excellent work on this case. EFE
co-counseled this case with Brown, Goldstein & Levy. The Consent Decree is
attached and the press release can be found at:
https://nfb.org/about-us/press-room/federal-office-personnel-management-impr
oving-access-health-benefits

 

Barry

 

Barry C. Taylor

Equip for Equality

 

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