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OneLegUpAlex Adapts Brings Awareness to Keep Ostomy And Urology Supplies OUT OF COMPETITIVE BIDDING! 10/24/25 · OneLegUpAlex Media

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  Speaker 1: Here's your host, Alex Garrett. All Right, well, I had
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  Speaker 1: a very spirited conversation with lu Terminello here on the
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  Speaker 1: one Leg Up Network, which I'll be excited to post
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  Speaker 1: a bit later before Game one of the World Series.
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  Speaker 1: But but I read two stories today that are totally
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  Speaker 1: you might say unrelated, but to me are related. Because
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  Speaker 1: while the UOAA, the United OSTHME Association of America, is
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  Speaker 1: saying save our ostemy supplies and catheters, there's a report
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  Speaker 1: out saying the Pentagon got a one hundred and thirty
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  Speaker 1: million dollar donation from an anonymous Trump friend to pay
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  Speaker 1: military members. Look, I'm all for during this what twenty two,
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  Speaker 1: twenty three, twenty five, I'm losing counts they shut down
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  Speaker 1: that the military get paid. I believe in that they
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  Speaker 1: are fighting to keep us free. So when I found
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  Speaker 1: about this one hundred thirty million dollar donation, whoever, it
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  Speaker 1: was good on them to keep the military paid. And
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  Speaker 1: of course they're refusing to pay other federal workers, which
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  Speaker 1: I find interesting at the same time, but I've I'd
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  Speaker 1: love the energy of this donation to translate into taking
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  Speaker 1: action for those with ostem supplies and catthetters. I would
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  Speaker 1: love that this congressional letter in which representatives in the
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  Speaker 1: House Reps Neil Dunn, Greg Murphy both urologists, urging CMB
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  Speaker 1: CMS and OMB to withdraw cms's proposal to include ostomy
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  Speaker 1: and neurological supplies and the Medicare Competitive Bidding program. Meaning,
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  Speaker 1: as I've said before, you don't want to lose your supplies.
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  Speaker 1: You don't want doctors and insurance companies to have to
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  Speaker 1: put you on a different and supply network because you're
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  Speaker 1: so used to that original supply network you have, you
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  Speaker 1: don't want to have to change it. It will be a hassle.
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  Speaker 1: But guess what. There was a bipartison letter sent on
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  Speaker 1: October ninth, twenty twenty five, which has been signed by
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  Speaker 1: twenty six members of Congress at this point, the Strategic
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  Speaker 1: Advacacy Campaign UOA Rights. We would like to target the
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  Speaker 1: House members who serve on the Energy and Commerce and
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  Speaker 1: Ways and Means subcommittees who did not sign this congressional letter.
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  Speaker 1: Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means have jurisdiction over
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  Speaker 1: centers for Medicare and Medicaid services. See I didn't even
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  Speaker 1: know that, but the Energy of Commerce, Energy and Commerce
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  Speaker 1: and Ways and means committees have jurisdiction over senators for
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  Speaker 1: Medicare and Medicaid services and can help move the needle
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  Speaker 1: in a favorable direction. Here are the ones that they
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  Speaker 1: are looking to send messages to. Congressmen Bill Congressman Cliff
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  Speaker 1: Bentz of Oregon, A Republican, Congressman Buddy Carter, Republican in Georgia,
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  Speaker 1: Indiana Representative Aaron Houchin or Hookin, Congressman John James in Michigan,
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  Speaker 1: Tom Kean right in our backyard in Jersey, Davidkustaf and actually, well,
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  Speaker 1: actually we were in Jeff and Drew's offices in March,
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  Speaker 1: not Tom Keanes. Congressman Davidkustaff for Tennessee. Carol Miller West Virginia,
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  Speaker 1: Blake Moore, Utah, Jay Obernalty California, Michael Rooley, Ohio, Greg
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  Speaker 1: Steube in Florida, and actually our own Claudia Tenny Congressman
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  Speaker 1: Claudia Tenny I. One of the above is your representative.
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  Speaker 1: Please contact your member of the US House and urge
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  Speaker 1: him to contact or her to contact CMS requesting that
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  Speaker 1: the administration not move forward with this dangerous proposal to
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  Speaker 1: literally cause many and you know there's million Americans with
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  Speaker 1: ostemes and of course so many more with the cat
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  Speaker 1: litters as well, to lose their supply base. You don't
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  Speaker 1: want that to happen. We fought in Washington for people
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  Speaker 1: to keep their preferred suppliers. We don't want that to
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  Speaker 1: be undone. For any and all information, please and if
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  Speaker 1: your receive response, please email Advocacy at ostame dot org.
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  Speaker 1: This proposal is supposed to be finalized in November, so
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  Speaker 1: UOAA is gathering up awareness now for us to write
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  Speaker 1: these letters. And this goes back to the point as well.
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  Speaker 1: I was as I call screamed from Mike Gallagher, I
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  Speaker 1: find out they're still taking a paycheck, some of these
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  Speaker 1: congress people and senators, most of them. In fact, now,
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  Speaker 1: if you were elected me for Senate or Congress, I
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  Speaker 1: would not take a paycheck during a time like this.
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  Speaker 1: I think that's selfish. I think that's egotistical. I think
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  Speaker 1: that's just stupid. You're not even working. In fact, most
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  Speaker 1: of them that are paying again a paycheck are the
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  Speaker 1: reason for the shutdown. I mean, there's no what nine
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  Speaker 1: different resolutions have been rejected to keep the government to
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  Speaker 1: open the government back up. That's ridiculous. To me. But
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  Speaker 1: when it hits home and hits people. I don't like
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  Speaker 1: to include myself because I feel very fortunate that I
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  Speaker 1: can get the right supplies all that, but when it
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  Speaker 1: does hit people like myself and others who need ustemy
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  Speaker 1: supplies and catheters. Ah, my ears perk up here on
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  Speaker 1: the adapting side of one leg up, Alex, my ears
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  Speaker 1: perk up and my eyes perk up. And for these
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  Speaker 1: Congress people to be aware is important. And I'm glad
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  Speaker 1: they named the ones we need to quote unquote target.
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  Speaker 1: The officials we have targeted will be displayed only to
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  Speaker 1: their constituents. This is determined when the advocates enter their
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  Speaker 1: valid address in that official district, so none of the
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  Speaker 1: are in my district. We love Grace Meng by the way,
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  Speaker 1: she's a very strong advocate for people with disabilities and
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  Speaker 1: for the UOA and the Digestive Disease Coalition. But I mean,
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  Speaker 1: if we can, you know, celebrate one hundred and thirty
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  Speaker 1: million dollars going to the Pentagon during this shutdown, there's
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  Speaker 1: no reason why we can't take that energy and make
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  Speaker 1: sure a bill that could harm these folks who use
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  Speaker 1: ostomes and catheters from being passed and we should derail it,
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  Speaker 1: and it would be nice to bring it to their
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  Speaker 1: attention as they're knocking down the East wing of the
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  Speaker 1: White House. I have to say that it would be
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  Speaker 1: nice if we could not only get the Rep's attention,
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  Speaker 1: but this is an administration proposal. This congressional letter is
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  Speaker 1: by partisans, so more congression, more Republicans should be willing
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  Speaker 1: to sign on to this. In some instances, you have
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  Speaker 1: to go against Trump, and this is one of them.
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  Speaker 1: Because I'm not gonna sit here. And as much as
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  Speaker 1: I can laud him for the release of the hostages
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  Speaker 1: almost a week ago, over a week ago now, there's
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  Speaker 1: still more work to be done. This has not been
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  Speaker 1: the best second term for him. But if he can
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  Speaker 1: make life easier for people with ostemy supplies and catheters,
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  Speaker 1: I will commend him for that right here on one
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  Speaker 1: leg up Alex. But until that proposals off the table,
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  Speaker 1: cancel whatever you want to call it. We're gonna pressure
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  Speaker 1: a little more. We're gonna I don't know, I'm gonna
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  Speaker 1: tag all these different people, but we're gonna bring awareness
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  Speaker 1: to these congress people to even during shutdown, do their job.
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  Speaker 1: You're getting paid to do the tonight, even be there
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  Speaker 1: on an official basis. So do something with that, Do
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  Speaker 1: something with that, and it will help millions of Americans
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  Speaker 1: with their healthcare and their peace of mind in a
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  Speaker 1: very unsteady world. It'll actually help people have one leg
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  Speaker 1: up for their ostomy supplies and their medical supplies all
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  Speaker 1: the whole, if you think about it, and isn't that
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  Speaker 1: what we want for everyone? Accessibility and adaptability. That's what
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  Speaker 1: we strive for here at the One Leg Up Network.
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  Speaker 1: I'm gonna share this action page with you and do
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  Speaker 1: join along if you have represent a representative in any
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  Speaker 1: of these districts that I mentioned, Cliff Bentz, Buddy Carter,
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  Speaker 1: Aaron Hookin or Houchin, John James, Tom Keane Junior, Davidkustaff,
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  Speaker 1: Carol Miller, Blake Moore, Dre Obergilty, Michael Rooley, Greg Stube,
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  Speaker 1: Claudia Tenney. Let's not let the supply crisis be overshadowed
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  Speaker 1: by some dumb athlete who decided to take himself out
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  Speaker 1: of a game to win one hundred thousand dollars bet.
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  Speaker 1: Life is bigger than sports, and in this case, in
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  Speaker 1: this case, ensuring people have their right medical supplies. I
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  Speaker 1: find that so important. On that note, we will get
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  Speaker 1: into the NBA gambling crisis because I want lu Terminello,
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  Speaker 1: an NBA executive's thoughts on that. You'll hear that a
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  Speaker 1: bit later in the pregame show for us before first
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  Speaker 1: game of the World Series. It's so funny. It's so funny.
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  Speaker 1: We have this crisis on our hands with the NBA
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  Speaker 1: gambling scandal, yet something glorious first Game of the World Series.
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  Speaker 1: Oh the same day, as we're trying to keep your
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  Speaker 1: supplies in check and intact right here on one leg
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  Speaker 1: up Alex