This year during the IFFGD 2024 Advocacy and Education Event in Washington DC, IFFGD provided information on how to advocate for your access to healthcare and information on legislative priorities that IFFGD supports.
During this program, we provide information on Legislation designed to improve access to care.
- Legislative Priorities: Access to Care – Samir Shah, MD of Brown University
- Legislative Priorities: Co-Pay Accumulators & Nutrition – Erin McKeon, Patient Advocate
- Conducting a Hill Visit; Part 1 and 2- Julia Grabo, Patient Advocate
- Researching your Representative – John Mahalchak, Patient Advocate
- Navigating Insurance Hurdles – Alyssa Sutton, Program Coordinator IFFGD
IFFGD’s 2024 Advocacy and Education Event
The International Foundation for Gastrointestinal Disorders (IFFGD) has been a voice on Capitol Hill for many years, educating key decision makers in Congress about the needs of their constituents and influencing support for education and research activities at the Federal level. In today’s economy, with the costs of healthcare rising, we must find a way to help prepare the gastrointestinal illness community to advocate for themselves, especially those with limited access to care or who are affected by the well-documented health disparities in the US today.
