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Voices from the Hill
By Jorie Logan-Morris and Jeannette Rotondi Every year in February, advocates for migraine and headache disease come...
Director of State Advocacy speaks on panel about opioids at BIO summit
U.S. Pain’s Director of State Advocacy and Alliance Development Shaina Smith was among the speakers at the...
ASA names U.S Pain “End Pain, Not Lives” Champion of the Year
On May 23, Americans for Safe Access (ASA) awarded U.S. Pain with its inaugural “End Pain, Not Lives” Champion of the...
Congress hard at work on major new opioid-related legislation
This is an extremely busy time on Capitol Hill for legislation aimed at reducing opioid abuse and addiction. No less...
Two U.S. Pain representatives nominated to major HHS committees
Two U.S. Pain Foundation staff members--Cindy Steinberg, national director of Policy and Advocacy, and Gwenn Herman,...
High-level pain management task force accepting public comment
The Pain Management Best Practices Inter-Agency Task Force is a new, high-level federal think-tank consisting of 28...
Be the squeaky, creaky wheel
A part of the nonprofit Global Healthy Living Foundation (GHLF), CreakyJoints recently invited U.S. Pain Foundation to...
U.S. Pain takes to the Capitol with Headache on the Hill
On Feb.12 and 13,...
Advocate for medical cannabis in your state with a few clicks
U.S. Pain is offering three online letter-writing campaigns to urge legislators improve access to medical cannabis....
What to expect in state legislation in 2018, and how to get involved
For the 2018 legislative sesion, Director of State Advocacy and Alliance Development Shaina Smith says that U.S. Pain...
Recording available of insurance webinar
On Jan. 16, U.S. Pain volunteers and members were treated to a presentation, “How to effectively prevent and resolve...