National Pain Care Policy Act

Representative Rogers has reintroduced The National Pain Care Policy Act. This is a very significant bill whose passage can help us win our ongoing battle against pain. Call your Representatives and Senators today and ask them to support this landmark bill. Below is Representative Rogers' press release.

The National Pain Care Policy Act, which I recently re-introduced in the U.S. House,contains important provisions to expand our nation's focus on pain research, professional and consumer education, and patient awareness and access to appropriate pain care services. Millions of Americans suffer from both acute and chronic pain, many of them needlessly.

Pain is a major public health problem in this country, yet one to which the Federal government pays far too little attention at the current time. Consider this:

* pain is the most common reason people seek medical care;
* pain afflicts people of all ages and all walks of life;
* pain accompanies many prevalent diseases like cancer, arthritis and heart
* disease; it can also be a disease unto itself like migraine and low back pain;
* pain is a leading cause of disability and lost productivity;
* pain imposes an enormous cost on the American economy through health care costs and lost productivity; and
* pain inflicts terrible personal suffering on those afflicted, their
families and their caregivers.

Many of you have family members, friends or co-workers who know this first hand. I look forward to advocating for the adoption of this important legislation. For more information on this issue, please view a recent Time Magazine report at: http://www.time.com/time/covers/1101050228/


I appreciate your continued interest in the legislative activities of your U.S. Congress. As always, should you have questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to let me know.

Sincerely,

Mike Rogers

Member of Congress