This will put over 10,000 employees of these FIs out of work and place the future of consumers and their personal assistants in jeopardy. In Pennsylvania, when they went from 36 FIs to 1, their program fell from 20,000 consumers to 8,000 today. Imagine what will happen with NY's 250,000!!!

The Governor plans to replace our FIs with a single, out-of-state, corporation that will monopolize the CDPA program, making it harder for consumers to retain their current personal assistants and nearly impossible to recruit new ones. This is our moment to rise up and make sure our voices are heard!

All summer, we have been fighting together to preserve our independence and freedom to choose. With only one week left before the decision is supposed to be launched, we need you more than ever!!

Today, we join Consumer Directed Action of New York State in a campaign to ensure the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in Washington, which largely funds the CDPA program, knows what we think of the governor's misbegotten scheme.  

Daniel Tsai is the Director of CMS and CHIP Services; please call him today and implore him to quash this destructive plan.  A sample phone script is provided.

Director Tsai's phone number is (202) 260-1064.

We're fighting for our rights and our freedoms, and we will win.  Let's win sooner rather than later.  As always, we are grateful for your support.