<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">This pressing request came last evening in the presidential release and again today in a message from Justen Young. I have just sent the following to my member with a blind copy to <a href="mailto:jyoung@nfb.org">jyoung@nfb.org</a>. You can substitute your name and city and send it to the legislative director of your member’s office. Please take a few minutes to do this for the sake of all blind medicare recipients, particularly those who live in rural areas.<div><br></div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Hello, my name is Barbara Pierce, and I am Mr. Latta’s constituent. I live in Oberlin. 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" style="margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></p><div>
<div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Barbara Pierce (she, her, hers)</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;">President Emerita<br>National Federation of the Blind of Ohio<br>Barbara.pierce9366@gmail.com<br>440-774-8077<br> <br><br>The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise expectations for blind people because low expectations create obstacles between blind people and their dreams. You can live the life you want; blindness is not what holds you back.</div></div>
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