With your help, pain legislation has moved farther and faster in this Congress than ever before, but we all need to redouble our efforts for a final grassroots push if this legislation is to reach the finish line before this Congress adjourns for the Fall elections. At the beginning of the 110th Congress, supporters of the earlier "National Pain Care Policy Act of 2005" (HR 1020, championed by Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI)), worked with Congressional offices to create three new and separate bills with different congressional committee jurisdiction. The goal was to ensure broad-based support and streamline congressional consideration. Together with our ongoing coalition strategy--patient advocacy groups, physician organizations, and manufacturers working together towards a common goal--this three-part strategy has proved highly successful. Read more about Pain Care Legislation currently in Congress: | |