Advocacy Summit 2014

Join us in Washington DC March 24 – 26! For the latest updates on the 2014 Advocacy Summit, please bookmark the Arthritis Foundation’s Summit page. Why should you attend the Advocacy Summit? Read testimonials from past participants...read more

Health Insurance Marketplace

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Advocacy at JA Summer Camps 

Campers at the Heartland Region’s two summer camps, Camp Spirit and Camp JAM, participated in a letter writing project. These letters asked Members of Congress to cosponsor two pieces of legislation: HR 460 (Patients’ Access to Treatments Act) and HR 1827 (Pediatric Subspecialty Loan Repayment Program).  read more

Meetings with Members of Congress

Advocates were tasked with meeting with their Members of Congress over the August Recess to urge their Representative to cosponsor HR 1827, Pediatric Subspecialty Loan Repayment Program. Over 30 town halls and personal visits were scheduled throughout the country. To date, meetings within the Heartland have been held with 5 Members of Congress (Representatives Schock IL-18, Schneider IL-10, Visclosky IN-01, Latham IA-03 and Messer IN-06) and several more are being planned.  read more

How You Can Help

The Arthritis Foundation promotes government and private sector action to improve the lives of the 50 million Americans living with arthritis and chronic joint symptoms. We need your help, however, to get more government funding for arthritis research, to encourage early diagnosis and comprehensive treatment, and to improve access to quality health care for everyone with arthritis.  read more

Looking for more information?

Looking for more information on how to become involved, please contact Michele Guadalupe at mguadalupe@arthritis.org or (312) 880-4736.