| Damaging Provision Included in Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007
Recently the House of Representatives proposed a version of HR 3162 or the Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007. This legislation has a provision buried in it by Rep. Stark’s subcommittee which would markedly and negatively impact us all.
Please read the attached template for U.S. Representatives and Senators. Please convert it to a separate letter for your individual representative and both Senators. If this provision is not eliminated from the final House bill, the only chance we have is to have it eliminated at the conference committee. The offensive section is not in the senate version of the bill. Your ASDIN officers have been in contact with SIR and both societies must stand together in opposing this legislation.
Please treat this as an emergency. Please have your partners also write letters. If you have any questions please let ASDIN know.
To find your representatives and senators, follow the link below:
Representatives: http://www.house.gov/writerep/http://www.house.gov/writerep/ and
Senators: http://www.senate.gov/
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ASDIN Elects New Council Members
ASDIN elected three new Council members onsite at the ASDIN 3rd Annual Scientific Meeting. These new ASDIN Councilors will serve for a 3-year term. The new Councilors and the interest or activity area that they represent are listed below:
Ivan D. Maya, MD, Birmingham, Alabama - Peritoneal Catheter Procedures
Antoine Samaha, MD, Loveland, Ohio - Hemodialysis Catheter Procedures
Aris Querol Urbanes, MD, Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan - Hemodialysis Access Procedures
Congratulations to these new Councilors and many thanks to the ASDIN Nominating Committee for administering the election process. If you are interested in serving on the ASDIN Council, please contact the ASDIN office. Elections for new Council Members and Officers will take place in Spring 2008.
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