UPDATE:

In 2006, the legislature voted to restore Dental and Vision Benefits to MassHealth beneficiaries! Thank you to everyone who worked to make this happen, and to the legislators who recognized the importance of these services to overall health! Well done!

June 23, 2005

Dear Empowered Event Members,

Every group of Massachusetts Leadership Academy Graduates have prioritized MassHealth Dental and Vision as the most important issues affecting them.

We would like to ask you to call or write your legislators and express your opinions about this issue.

We hope you will be able to contact your legislator, if you care about this one way or the other.

There will be a hearing on July 6^th for bills on Healthcare including Adult Dental Benefits (House Bill #3101) and House Bill (#3102)Hs #3101 restores. Adult Benefits to the level that they were in 2002. Hs. #3102

advocates for having Dental coverage for pregnant woman and woman with children under the age of 3 who are on Mass Health Benefits.

This hearing will take place in the Statehouse in room A2.

At the next EMPOWERED event we will be practicing meeting with and visiting our legislators offices.

We will be contacting you soon about the date for our next EMPOWERED Event.

Yours Very Truly,

Sara Sternberg, Jessel Smith, Deborah Delman and Linda Fountas

updated 11/27/07