Medicare doesn’t cover counselors.  Should it? If you answered “yes,” make sure you tell your member of Congress. 

ACA is working to get Congress to pass legislation --- “The Seniors Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2009” (H.R. 1693, S. 671) --- establishing Medicare coverage of counselors.  But Senators and Representatives won’t spend taxpayer money to cover counselors under Medicare unless their constituents ask them to.

As the box below shows, you’re listened to more than an ACA lobbyist.

*Adapted from Congressional Management Foundation (www.cmfweb.org) report "Communicating With Congress"

Constituent contacts are especially needed by counselors in states with members of Congress sitting on one of the committees with jurisdiction over Medicare (PDF).

Visit our internet action center to identify your members of Congress, and find suggested messages for asking them to cosponsor our Medicare legislation.