U.S. Pain Foundation recently spearheaded a joint letter to the U.S. House Energy and Commerce (E&C) Committee and...
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Hearing on medical cannabis important progress; take action to ask for second hearing
On Jan. 15, the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on discrepancies between state and...
Summary of FDA listening session on osteoarthritis now available
Last August, U.S. Pain Foundation arranged for three patient representatives and one caregiver to speak about the...
Tell Congress: Don’t punish people with pain
Several weeks ago, the House of Representatives passed HR 6, or the "SUPPORT Patients and Communities Act." Many...
Pain warriors unite in speaking out at FDA meeting
Cindy Steinberg, National Director of Policy and Advocacy, was one of the numerous people with pain to speak at the...
Millions in federal funding earmarked for pain research
In April at the National Rx Drug Abuse Summit and in a recent Journal of American Medical Association article, Dr....
A Q&A about national battle over pre-existing conditions with expert and pain ambassador Dania Palanker
The White House Administration recently announced it will no longer defend in court key parts of at the Affordable...
The federal government wants to hear from pain patients
Opportunities for people with pain to have their voices heard by federal officials are rare. That’s why it’s so...
U.S. Pain reps take part in first meeting of major pain task force
On May 30 and 31, U.S. Pain National Director of Policy and Advocacy Cindy Steinberg traveled to Washington, D.C., to...
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...