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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'> NFBNet-Members-List <nfbnet-members-list-bounces@nfbnet.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Young, Justin via NFBNet-Members-List<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, March 7, 2025 10:42 AM<br><b>To:</b> nfbnet-members-list@nfbnet.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [Nfbnet-members-list] Urgent Legislative Alert - March 7, 2025<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal>Dear Federation Family:<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>On Wednesday March 5, President Riccobono sent a letter to all members of Congress regarding the expiration of the expanded Medicare telehealth services for federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics. These services were extended by the American Relief Act, passed by Congress in December of 2024, and are scheduled to expire at the end of March. Without these expanded services, Medicare beneficiaries will be required to travel to a medical facility in order to receive care, which can add a significant burden for those blind Americans who live in rural areas without reliable transportation options.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>President Riccobono’s letter called on the United States Congress to act swiftly to ensure blind Americans who use Medicare have the ability to receive the necessary medical care remotely and in a nonvisually accessible manner. We are now asking you to do the same. Please call or email your United States senators and representative and ask them to make permanent the telehealth services for federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics that are currently scheduled to expire on March 31, 2025. This is an urgent matter because these benefits are set to expire in less than one month, so it is of the utmost importance that you contact your members of Congress right away. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>When you call or email you might say something like:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>"Hello, my name is [YOUR NAME], and I am a constituent of [REPRESENTATIVE/SENATOR NAME]. I live in [CITY, STATE]. Effective on April 1, 2025, telehealth services for Medicare recipients will expire and they will be required to travel to a medical facility in order to receive care. This adds a significant burden for blind Americans who live in rural areas with a lack of reliable transportation options. I am asking you to act swiftly to ensure blind Americans who use Medicare have the ability to receive the necessary medical care remotely and in a nonvisually accessible manner. We urge you to make permanent the telehealth services for federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics that are currently scheduled to expire on March 31, 2025.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks."<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If you send an email, please be sure to copy me at <a href="mailto:jyoung@nfb.org">jyoung@nfb.org</a>. Attached is a list of every senator and representative sorted by state, along with the corresponding staffer name and email address. Your calls and emails do make a difference!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thank you for all that you do to advance the priorities of the Federation.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Justin T. Young, Ed.D</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Government Affairs Specialist, National Federation of the Blind</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>200 East Wells Street, Baltimore, MD 21230 </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>410-659-9314, extension 2210 | <a href="mailto:jyoung@nfb.org"><span style='color:blue'>jyoung@nfb.org</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://nfb.org/"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:blue;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;mso-ligatures:none;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=210 height=76 style='width:2.1875in;height:.7916in' id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image001.jpg@01DB9065.8584A140" alt="Image removed by sender. 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