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Share your Testimony!
We are looking for testimony from survivors, supporters, and medical professionals!
Our hearing for the 193rd session took place on December 5, 2024. Individuals gave oral testimony to the Joint Committee of Financial Services at the Massachusetts State House.
We are awaiting the date to testify in-person before the committee this year for H.1258.
The committee is now accepting written testimony from the public. Please ensure you identify your written documention with SUPPORT FOR H.1258. We are looking for people to provide testimony through letters - feel free to utilize the testimony guide below to help you get started--and you don't need to be a resident of Massachusetts to provide testimony! Email your letters to admin@mopss.org. Please let us know if you prefer to remain anonymous.
Testimony Guide
Thank you for opportunity to provide WRITTEN/VIDEO testimony in SUPPORT OF H.1258 a bill to ensure dental health care equity for Head and Neck Cancer patients and survivors.
My Name is _____________________________________
If applicable Resident of Town in MA ____________________ or City & State
How long you have been a resident of MA______________________________________
I am a:
SURVIVOR
•Diagnosis, How long ago
•Your Story-This is most
important!
•How your daily living is affected (please specify to an audience unfamiliar with cancer, head & neck cancer and therapies)
How much you have paid for dental care, how many denials of dental coverage you received-$ you
have paid out-of-pocket, total
amount you have paid.
•Thank you and reiterate your
support for H.1258, a bill to ensure dental health equity related to Head and Neck cancer.
SUPPORTER
•How did you hear about H.1258
•What brought you to this cause?
•Why you believe this would help?
•How you see it helping the person you support
•Thank you and reiterate your support for H.1258.
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
•Title
•Affiliate Institution
•How long you've been practicing.
•Anecdotal experience in denial of dental coverage
•Why it is important to you/your
professional community
•Thank you and reiterate your support for H.1258.
Tips for testifying in public:
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Prior to going to the State House, we recommend writing out your testimony
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Read/Speak it in front of a mirror
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Time yourself with your phone to make sure it’s around 3 mins)
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Remember to SPEAK S L O W L Y
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Video record yourself saying your testimony
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Please Keep your Testimony to 3 Minutes or Less
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