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WHILE CONGRESS RESTS, POWER SHIFTS TO DEPARTMENT OF HHS
All is quiet on the legislative front as the Congressional summer recess winds down and lawmakers gear up for what promises to be another very busy and contentious election season.
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Implementation of Health Care Reform and Increased Funding for Medicaid
Now that the health care reform bill, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, has been enacted, the extensive work of implementing the bill has begun.
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H.R. 5428, the Injured and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights
We are asking for your help in support of H.R., 5428, the Injured and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights introduced in the U.S. House of Representatvies by the Chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Committee, Congressman Bob Filner.
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NAAOP Has Busy Month on Capitol Hill
NAAOP leadership came to Washington in May in conjunction with the O&P Policy Forum organized by the American Orthotic & Prosthetic Association. This year’s Policy Forum was very successful and well attended. The timing could not have been better considering the range of O&P policy priorities at stake. Working with and through a variety of other organizations, NAAOP can report the following:
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NAAOP exists because patients do not always receive the O&P care they deserve due to various government policies.  

Our story of advocacy, education, and unity has shaped a 23-year history of positive results in healthcare legislation and regulation.  NAAOP invites all those participating in comprehensive O&P patient care to become informed, involved, and join in our mission to educate the public and promote public policy that is clearly in the interest of the O&P patient. 

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"Injured and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights"Adobe PDF

Healthcare Reform:
What it Will Mean for the O&P Profession

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GET INFORMED
“NAAOP’s primary focus is the federal government and the policy making agenda in our nation’s capital, however there is a confluence of issues that are federal and state in nature and we must go forward making sure that no federal policy has negative influences on the state.”
Peter W. Thomas, General Counsel, NAAOP

GET INVOLVED
“Our members are O&P professionals who care enough about their patient's well being to commit beyond their daily efforts in professional O&P patient care to become involved in promoting public policy that is in the interest of their patients.”
Tom Guth, CP, President, NAAOP

JOIN US
“I’d like to encourage folks in the O&P profession, those who practice, those who manufacture, those who want to be a part of a group that always puts the patient first, to consider joining NAAOP.”
George W. Breece, Executive Director, NAAOP