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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Done!
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Sent to the Representative Max Miller and Senator Bernie Moreno.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Take care.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Ali Benmerzouga <ali.benmerzouga@hotmail.com>
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, March 7, 2025 4:11 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> NFB of Ohio Announcement List <ohio-talk@nfbnet.org><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Barbara Pierce <barbara.pierce9366@gmail.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Ohio-Talk] My message to my member of congress<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Thanks Barbara!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Thanks for your email.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">That helps a lot.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Will send mine pretty soon.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Thanks for sharing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Have a nice day.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Ali<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Ohio-Talk <ohio-talk-bounces@nfbnet.org>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Barbara Pierce via Ohio-Talk<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, March 7, 2025 3:31 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> NFB of Ohio Announcement List <ohio-talk@nfbnet.org><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Barbara Pierce <barbara.pierce9366@gmail.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Ohio-Talk] My message to my member of congress<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt">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></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">President Emerita<br>
National Federation of the Blind of Ohio<br>
<a href="mailto:Barbara.pierce9366@gmail.com">Barbara.pierce9366@gmail.com</a><br>
440-774-8077<br>
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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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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