Capitol Hill Advocacy

We work as bipartisan advocates to shape the legislative process and unite all people and sectors to advocate for women's health throughout our lives from head to toe.

 

First-ever Women's Health Capitol Hill Day on May 21, 2025

On May 21^st, we organized the first-ever Women’s Health Capitol Hill Day that included a Congressional Briefing with U.S. Representatives Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ) and Joyce Beatty (D-OH), hill meetings, and a Women’s Health Month Reception with U.S. Representatives Robin Kelly (D-IL), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Deborah Ross (D-NC), and Emilia Sykes (D-OH). The day included:

• 100 Advocates from over 15 states included executives in the life sciences, non-profits, investors, physicians, researchers and patient advocates
• 25 Congressional Meetings
• 8 Bipartisan Members of Congress spoke with us

The Congressional Briefing entitled “Sex Matters: Learn How Sex Differences Impact Medical Research, Innovation, Health Outcomes, the Economy and More"  raised awareness of women’s health gaps, the sex differences that exist at the cellular level impacting how diseases and treatments impact the body, factors shaping the health of women and ways to close gaps that strengthen families and the economy.

 

Advocacy Events:

CMS Reimbursement Discrimination and How It Impacts Women's Health Congressional Briefing on April 29

• Addressing the 30% lower reimbursement rates on average for essentially the same procedures when performed on female patients versus male patients, expert speakers explained how this impacts how soon patients can obtain surgeries; innovation in uro-gynecology not reaching patients, insufficient number of specialty trained clinicians performing operations on patients in need; the frequency of preventable, costly, corrective surgeries; and the ability of medical facilities to offer these surgeries and stay open.

 

Breast Cancer Early Detection Coalition Capitol Hill Day on July 16

• This focused on seven bills pending in Congress that would close gaps in access to screening necessary for patients based on their breast density and risk factors, research on more humane and innovative treatments, and care. The #1 priority of the BCEDC is the Find It Early Act.

 

Webinars

• Women's Health Research: Why We Need It Now More Than Ever on July 7
• Advocacy How-To Webinar on July 10

 

 

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