| From Congress to
state legislatures, from community hospitals to
hundreds of national organizations, the National
Osteoporosis Foundation (NOF) is the leader in
efforts to advance osteoporosis to the top of
the nation’s health care agenda. NOF's advocacy,
research and educational achievements have
spurred the nation’s interests in reducing the
human and economic toll of this disease
The
osteoporosis educational message to Congress and
state houses is simple and powerful:
- Osteoporosis is a major
public health threat for 28 million
Americans, 80 percent of whom are women
- A women’s risk of hip
fracture is equal to her combined risk of
breast, uterine and ovarian cancer
- The direct medical costs
for osteoporosis and the 1.5 million
associated fractures is $14 billion ($38
million each day) – and the cost is expected
to increase to more than $60 billion by 2020
if nothing is done.
In order to change the laws
about a certain topic, you need to go the
individuals who write the laws. Contrary to
popular belief, writing letters to your elected
officials is not a waste of time. I have
written to my elected officials outlining the
requests listed on this page, and I am happy to
report that I have received responses to all of
my letters. So I ask that you please do your
part in the battle against osteoporosis by doing
the same because it can and does make a
difference for all of those suffering with the
disease of osteoporosis
ask
your elected official to:
- Expand medical research to find the
causes and cures for osteoporosis
- Implement a national osteoporosis
education program to educate women and men
about how to avoid osteoporosis
- Ensure coverage of bone density tests by
private insurance companies to detect
osteoporosis so that eligible women and men
can know the status of their bones and make
health decisions accordingly
YOU CAN MAKE A
DIFFERENCE,
How to Sign Up to
Make Your Voice
Heard!
To build an advocacy
network on bone
health and
osteoporosis
legislative issues,
the National
Osteoporosis
Foundation (NOF) has
established an
ongoing grassroots
campaign called the
Bone Health
Advocate Program,
formerly the Key
Contact Program.
The Bone Health
Advocate Program
assists individuals
affected by
osteoporosis from
around the country
in communicating
with organizations
and individuals in
their area to make
osteoporosis issues
a priority for state
and federal
lawmakers.
Participants can
make a difference by
getting involved in
some of the
following ways:
-
Responding to
Legislative
Alerts issued by
NOF by
contacting their
members of
Congress or
state
legislators to
influence their
vote on pending
legislation
-
Contacting state
legislators
about the need
for new
legislation on
osteoporosis or
to maintain
existing
programs
-
Spreading the
word to family
and friends that
their voice can
make a
difference,
recruit new
advocates to
join the fight
How do you help?
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50 States Summary of Osteoporosis Laws
You can write all of your elected officials on
the federal and state level by simply visiting
the following link or using the search boxes
below
http://mygov.governmentguide.com/mygov/home/
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