New York State
Occupational Therapy Association

Write to your Senators and Representative and ask them to support health care reform. In your correspondence please consider including points in the AOTA position on health care reform:

Health care must have a proactive, prevention focus.

• Health care must address the whole person across the lifespan and across needs for acute and chronic care.

• Mental health and substance abuse parity must be included for all.

• The provision of health care services should be integrated across facilities, communities, and settings, including services where people live, work and participate in society.

• Access to quality, affordable care for all should be the goal of reform.

• Ensuring access to supportive services for people with disabilities or chronic conditions is essential to promoting independence, productivity and quality of life.

• Investments are needed in our health care education system to ensure availability of qualified professionals like occupational therapy practitioners to meet growing needs.

• Occupational therapy should be covered to provide preventive services, rehabilitation and habilitation, community and facility services, and any other approach that evidence shows occupational therapy improves quality of life.

• Use of health information technology must be maximized to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of care.

Enacting meaningful reform requires a bi-partisan approach that has the vision and commitment to invest in a system of health care even if it may cost more in the present to provide savings and improved outcomes through efficiency and quality in the future. Any health care reform must more equally and equitably distribute the costs and benefits of quality health care to all who need it for the benefit of individuals and society.

Congressman Rangel, as Chair of the House Ways & Means Committee, and Senator Schumer are especially important contacts regarding health care reform.

Contact information for U.S. Senators and Representatives in New York

Member Name DC Phone DC FAX Electronic Correspondence
Senator Charles Schumer (D- NY) 202-224-6542 202-228-3027 http://schumer.senate.gov/new_website/contact.cfm

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D- NY) 202-224-4451 202-228-0282
http://gillibrand.senate.gov/contact/

Representative Timothy H. Bishop (D - 01) 202-225-3826 202-225-3143 http://timbishop.house.gov/?sectionid=96&sectiontree=796

Representative Steve J. Israel (D - 02) 202-225-3335 202-225-4669 http://www.house.gov/formisrael/contact.html

Representative Peter T. King (R - 03) 202-225-7896 202-226-2279
Pete.King@mail.house.gov

Representative Carolyn McCarthy (D - 04) 202-225-5516 202-225-5758
http://www.house.gov/writerep/

Representative Gary L. Ackerman (D - 05) 202-225-2601 202-225-1589 http://www.house.gov/ackerman/pages/contact.html

Representative Gregory W. Meeks (D - 06) 202-225-3461 202-226-4169 http://www.house.gov/meeks/contactform_zipcheck.shtml

Representative Joseph Crowley (D - 07) 202-225-3965 202-225-1909 http://crowley.house.gov/contact.shtml

Representative Jerrold Nadler (D - 08) 202-225-5635 202-225-6923 http://www.house.gov/nadler/emailform.shtml

Representative Anthony Weiner (D - 09) 202-225-6616 202-226-7253 http://weiner.house.gov/email_anthony.aspx

Representative Edolphus Towns (D - 10) 202-225-5936 202-225-1018 http://www.house.gov/towns/contact_form.shtml

Representative Yvette Clarke (D - 11) 202-225-6231 202-226-0112 http://clarke.house.gov/contactform_zipcheck.shtml

Representative Nydia M. Velazquez (D - 12) 202-225-2361 202-226-0327 http://www.house.gov/velazquez/IMA/issue_subscribe.htm

Representative Michael McMahon (D - 13) 202-225-3371 202-226-1272 https://forms.house.gov/mcmahon/contact-form.shtml

Representative Carolyn B. Maloney (D - 14) 202-225-7944 202-225-4709 http://maloney.house.gov/index.php?option=com_email_form&Itemid=73

Representative Charles B. Rangel (D - 15) 202-225-4365 202-225-0816 https://forms.house.gov/rangel/forms/contact.shtml

Representative Jose E. Serrano (D - 16) 202-225-4361 202-225-6001 http://serrano.house.gov/Forms/Contact.aspx

Representative Eliot L. Engel (D - 17) 202-225-2464 202-225-5513
http://www.house.gov/writerep/

Representative Nita M. Lowey (D - 18) 202-225-6506 202-225-0546 http://lowey.house.gov/?sectionid=56&sectiontree=56

Representative John Hall (D - 19) 202-225-5441 202-225-3289 http://johnhall.house.gov/emailjohn.asp

Representative Scott Murphy (D - 20) 202-225-5614 202-225-1168 https://forms.house.gov/murphy/contact-form.shtml

Representative Paul Tonko (D - 21) 202-225-5076 202-225-5077
http://forms.house.gov/tonko/contact-form.shtml

Representative Maurice D. Hinchey (D - 22) 202-225-6335 202-226-0774 http://www.house.gov/hinchey/zipauth.shtml

Representative John M. McHugh (R - 23) 202-225-4611 202-226-0621 http://mchugh.house.gov/zipauth.aspx

Representative Michael Arcuri (D - 24) 202-225-3665 202-225-1891 http://arcuri.house.gov/IMA/issue_subscribe.htm

Representative Dan Maffei (D - 25) 202-225-3701 202-225-4042
https://forms.house.gov/maffei/contact-form.shtml

Representative Christopher J. Lee (R - 26) 202-225-5265 202-225-5910 https://forms.house.gov/lee/contact-form.shtml

Representative Brian M. Higgins (D - 27) 202-225-3306 202-226-0347 http://higgins.house.gov/email.shtml

Representative Louise McIntosh Slaughter (D - 28) 202-225-3615 202-225-7822 http://www.louise.house.gov/index.php?

Representative Eric J.J. Massa (D - 29) 202-225-3161 202-226-6599 https://forms.house.gov/massa/contact-form.shtml