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The following written comments were submitted by IFFGD president, Ceciel T. Rooker, to the US Social Security Administration (SSA) in response to Docket No. SSA-2018-0017 calling for public comments regarding the “Consideration of Pain in the Disability Determination Process.”  On behalf of the millions of Americans living with a chronic, and often painful, gastrointestinal (GI) […]

The following comments were submitted by IFFGD President, Ceciel T. Rooker, to the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in regards to Docket No. HHS-OS-2018-0027, “Request for Public Comments on the Pain Management Best Practices Inter-Agency Task Force Draft Report on Pain Managementn Best Practices: Updates, Gaps, Inconsistencies, and Recommendations.” On behalf of […]

On May 19, 2006, Nancy J. Norton, President and Founder of IFFGD presented the following testimony regarding Fiscal Year 2007 Funding for Functional Gastrointestinal and Motility Disorders Research before both the U.S. Senate and U.S. House Appropriations Subcommittees on Labor, Health & Human Services, Education and Related Agencies: Mr. Chairman and members of the Subcommittee, […]