October 31 is almost here - Have you taken the challenge yet?

MS® National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Every Dollar Gets DOUBLED October 31 is almost here — Have you taken the challenge yet? We need your help in doubling efforts to end MS — Today! Today we are ever closer to a world free of MS. As someone whose life has been touched by MS, you know we can't stop now. MS has finally met its match. For every gift you make to the National MS Society by October 31, the Merwyn and Dolly Dan family will match your donation dollar-for-dollar — up to a total of $200,000. There is still time to make a gift and help double the impact on efforts to help people with MS. When the Dan's daughter was diagnosed with MS, it changed their family forever. That's why they are leading this essential effort to raise up to $200,000 by October 31 for important advancements — like research on myelin repair, which may one day stop the progression of MS for the Dans' daughter and those in your life living with MS. Please join our Match Challenge today! Because of supporters like you, we are ever closer to ensuring a brighter future for all families by propelling research and providing critical programs and services for people living with MS. Thank you for your support! Sincerely, Krista Asteriadis Byers Associate Vice President of Individual Giving National MS Society P.S. Hurry! Time is running out to make a gift before October 31! Just click here to make your donation today! Please note that this offer only applies to gifts received in response to this campaign. Other fundraising efforts — including Bike MS and Walk MS — do not qualify for this match. Thank you for your understanding and support!

It's not too late - Take the challenge today!

Do you dream of a world free of MS? Help make it reality. Since Merwyn and Dolly Dan's daughter was diagnosed with MS in 1998, their family has dreamed of a world free of MS. As someone whose life has been touched by MS, you no doubt share the same dream. And MS has finally met its match. It’s not too late to join the Match Challenge today and help us end MS forever! For every gift you make to the National MS Society by October 31, the Dan family will match your donation dollar-for-dollar — up to a total of $200,000. That's double the impact on the lives of people living with MS. Because of supporters like you, we are ever closer to ensuring a brighter future for all families by propelling research and providing critical programs and services for people living with MS. Thank you for your support! Sincerely, Krista Asteriadis Byers Associate Vice President of Individual Giving National MS Society P.S. The Dan family will match any gift in response to this offer through October 31. Just click here to make your donation today! Please note that this offer only applies to gifts received in response to this campaign. Other fundraising efforts — including Bike MS and Walk MS — do not qualify for this match. Thank you for your understanding and support! DONATE NOW National MS Society | View as Web page | Legal Notice/Privacy Policy | Email Preferences | Unsubscribe National Multiple Sclerosis Society | 733 Third Avenue | New York, NY | 10017 Contact us at: http://www.nationalmssociety.org/ or 1-800-344-4867. This message was sent to wrennstephen844@gmail.com . To ensure that you continue to receive our e-mails, please add us to your address book.

Victory in Medicare Lawsuit

Many times a year, MS Activists around the country contact their legislators to urge support of policies and funding that will benefit people living with multiple sclerosis (MS). Today, the Society is pleased to announce that another type of activism—judicial action—has resulted in a settlement that will help ensure that people with MS get the home health care, skilled nursing home stays and outpatient therapy they need. Just two years ago, the Society joined as an original plaintiff in a class action lawsuit that challenged the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) inappropriate and illegal practice of denying Medicare coverage to those who are unable to show that they are improving from certain skilled care services, including therapy. This practice has been particularly impactful for people with chronic, degenerative diseases such as MS for which services such as therapy may be exactly what is needed to help slow deterioration. As a result of the lawsuit, the government has agreed to take corrective action so that it will not happen in the future. The government will revise relevant portions of its Medicare Benefit Policy Manual and engage in a nationwide Educational Campaign about the corrected maintenance coverage standards. Members of class will also be entitled to a re-review of their denied claim within the next year. We at the National MS Society are very pleased with the progress which has been made in this case. Medicare beneficiaries living with MS and other chronic illnesses will now definitively be able to receive important needed health care services that prevent decline and maximize independence. To learn more about this important settlement and about one of its inspirational plaintiffs who lives with MS, click here. The Society recognizes the work of the Center for Medicare Advocacy, Inc. which has coordinated the legal proceedings for plaintiffs in this case and acted as lead counsel. The other national organizations that entered the case as plaintiffs are: Parkinson’s Action Network, the Alzheimer’s Association, Paralyzed Veterans of America, United Cerebral Palsy and the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare.