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Dear AANMA Members
& Friends:
On May 10, 2012
AANMA goes to Capitol Hill for our 15th annual Allergy &
Asthma Day Capitol Hill (AADCH) with a message for Congress:
Ensure
patients have access to
-Asthma and
allergy care that meets national guidelines and
-Current,
approved, life-saving technology.
New technologies
inform and improve physicians' abilities to diagnose and treat asthma and
anaphylaxis. However, new proposals being considered by the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) would remove physicians from the process -- and put
patients in the position of self-diagnosing and self-treating at the
pharmacy (for more information, visit www.aanma.org/advocacy/fda). You can
help us make sure that all patients, regardless of income or insurance,
have access to their physicians, guideline-level care, and new diagnostic
and treatment technologies.
In
Washington, DC:
Join us on Capitol Hill on Thurs.,
May 10, 2012 as we present this urgent message to
Congress (here are the event details).
This year we also celebrate innovations in asthma and allergy technology
and honor the winners of AANMA's Ultimate Inhaler Contest. Come for the Congressional Briefing at 9 a.m.,
and/or the Health
and Technology Fair at 11:30 a.m. Attendance is free!
From home: Join our nationwide virtual march to Capitol Hill
on Wed., May 9,
2012! You can help spread our message without going any
farther than your computer, phone, or smartphone. It takes about 5 minutes,
tops. Here's how:
1. Use this link to look up your
Congressional representative: www.house.gov/representatives
2. Write a quick e-mail or call
your rep. See our sample e-mail/phone call below - for e-mail, just copy
and paste then fill in the blanks.
Contact me at sfwalker@aanma.org or
800-878-4403 ext. 1524 if you have any questions. I'd love to hear how your
representative responded and if you'd like us to follow up with anyone from
their staff. Thank you for taking the time to speak out on behalf of people
and their families who live with allergies and asthma. Together we can make
a difference!
Sincerely,
Sandra J. Fusco-Walker
Director of Patient Advocacy
Sample
e-mail/phone call:
Hello,
I am a constituent and would like to ask my representative to please support ( http://www.aanma.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/Dear-Colleague-letter-2012.pdf )
and attend Allergy & Asthma Day Capitol Hill (AADCH ).
A Congressional briefing will be held at the Rayburn Building on Thurs.,
May 10, 2012 at 9 a.m. in Room 2103, and the Innovations in
Technology Fair at 11:30 a.m. in the Rayburn Foyer.
(I/my
child/my patient) have/has asthma and here's how it affects our lives.
(Share your story.)
New
technologies inform and improve physicians' abilities to diagnose and treat
asthma and anaphylaxis. However, recent proposals being considered by the
Food and Drug Administration would put patients in the position of
self-diagnosing and self-treating asthma and anaphylaxis. Please help us
ensure all patients, regardless of income or insurance, have access to
their physicians, guideline-level care, and new diagnostic and treatment
technologies.
Please
attend AADCH, which is sponsored by Allergy & Asthma Network Mothers of
Asthmatics (AANMA), a national nonprofit organization. If you would like to
learn more about AADCH, please visit www.aanma.org/aadch or contact Sandra Fusco-Walker,
AANMA's director of patient advocacy, at 703-641-9595 ext. 1524.
I
look forward to hearing back from you and hope that my Representative will
sign on as a sponsor of Allergy & Asthma Day Capitol Hill 2012 and
attend the briefing and fair.
Sincerely,
(Your
name
Address
Phone number/E-mail address)
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