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

[Ray Campbell]

Congratulations, excellent work by NFB and equipp for equality.

Ray Campbell
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> On May 20, 2021, at 7:47 AM, Denise Avant via IL-Talk <il-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Hello,
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> I think we all received this yesterday. But just in case, here it is again.
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> Denise Avant, ESQ
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> 1st Vice President
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> National Federation of the Blind of Illinois
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> For more information about NFBI,
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> Go to www.nfbofillinois.org
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> 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
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> 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
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> Barry
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> Barry C. Taylor
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> Equip for Equality
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> <NFB v. OPM - Consent Decree.pdf>
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