By Mark Bouziane, PT, and Tom Bohanon, DPT
On January 17th, the VPTA held its annual Lobby Day at the General Assembly. Due to renovations at the capitol, our state legislators were moved to the Pocahontas Building. Our delegation consisted of a small group of members (Josh Bailey, Tom Bohanon, Geoff Gunther, Amber Walter, Brandon Smith, and Mark Bouziane).
During our scheduled meetings, we discussed several health care issues, such as:
Additionally, several of our legislators were interested in discussing Medicaid expansion, which is on the new governor’s agenda to complete. They also discussed how to improve access to quality health care for their constituents in under-served areas of the commonwealth.
While we had a very successful day, we strongly recommend that all members (PTs, PTAs and students) contact their legislators to set up meetings during the current session of the General Assembly in order to discuss these and other health care issues that may arise.