Great to participate w/ a dedicated group of @dontpunishpain #chronicpain advocates this week! Claudia A. Merandi you are awesome! Glad to support your work! #shareourpain

TU Bob Casey 4 adding S.2922 Advancing Rsh 4 #ChronicPain to #SUPPORT; TU HELP Committee Dems Senator Mitt Romney Sen. Susan Collins @LisaMurkowski 4 caring about people w/ #pain U.S. Pain Foundation NIH Pain Research

Fabulous article by Maia Szalavitz bit.ly/47cEhL0 on why #chronicpain is so stigmatized & ignored. Fear that all will likely be there someday. U.S. Pain Foundation

The #SafeStepAct will put reasonable timelines and guardrails around the step therapy process. It will improve access for all Americans. Please include in PBM Reform package! Mitch McConnell Chuck Schumer Hakeem Jeffries @SpeakerJohnsonn U.S. Pain Foundation

TU Congresswoman Yadira Caraveo, MD & Congressman Zach Nunn 4 introducing An Act to Advance Research for #ChronicPain bit.ly/48VYN46 in the #USHouse the companion to Bob Casey 's terrific bill! U.S. Pain Foundation NIH Pain Research NIH NCCIH

TU to Senator Paul Feeney James M. Murphy & members of the #MA Joint Financial Services Committee 4 supporting #chronicpain sufferers in MA! Your vote to refer #S659 #HB990 will improve access to multidisciplinary #pain treatment for thousands of patients across MA. #mapoli U.S. Pain Foundation

TU Maine lawmakers 4 passing LD2096 which will improve multidisciplinary treatment coverage and access 4 Mainers with #ChronicPain U.S. Pain Foundation

I urge all w/ #chronicpain to support those who rely on #wheelchairs by commenting on the U.S. Department of Transportation proposed rule to require #airlines to provide training & repair or replace broken wheelchairs here bit.ly/4aS6k4q U.S. Pain Foundation #disability

Join us for a #PainAwareness event at the MA State House Rm 350 at noon tomorrow May 7 @Rep Decker will speak about the 1 million MA residents w/ #pain & what S.659/H.B.990 will do to increase access to multidisciplinary care #chronicpain #mapoli

MA lawmakers, aides, residents—please join us at noon 5/7 at the #MA State House, Rm 350, for a FREE event w/ Marjorie Decker, Cindy Steinberg & Mass Pain Initiative to discuss multi-modal care & improved #pain care access with S659/H990. Lunch provided! #PainAdvocate @Masspoli

.Katherine Clark @senwarren Ed Markey To my Rep: Co-sponsor HR7164, #AdvancingResearchForChronicPainAct. To my Sens: Urge vote on #SUPPORTReauthorizationAct & vote YES. Better #chronicpain data = improved outcomes. #WhyPainCounts #TellCongressToCountPain U.S. Pain Foundation

High-impact chronic pain costs our nation an enormous amount. Passing #TheAdvancingResearchForChronicPainAct would make the case that getting us the right treatments and services earlier would reduce those costs. Join us as we #TellCongressToCountPain: uspainfoundation.org/advocacyday

September is #PainAwarenessMonth!✨ Join us as we examine the full experience of #chronicpain and explore how to #SolvePainTogether. Follow our daily posts, weekly videos & articles, Pain Series, and webinar. Learn more: uspainfoundation.org/news/changing-… #ChangingThePainEquation

#chronicpain is 2X as prevalent in the US Native American population so so glad to hear of this #NIH HEAL initiative program: bit.ly/4dN9dpb #solvepaintogether #painawarenessmonth #rightcareattherighttime U.S. Pain Foundation NINDS

.U.S. Pain Foundation's Cindy Steinberg and Axios' Caitlin Owens discuss the NIH budget increase for pain research and its impact on developing new treatment options. Watch more: trib.al/lSdNM7A #AxiosEvents

Better outcomes start with a greater understanding of the #chronicpain experience. U.S. Pain's Cindy Steinberg recently spoke to a legislative study committee in #Georgia about ways to support #multidisciplinarycare through public policy. #PainAdvocate #USPainFoundation

TU Adrian Madaro Marjorie Decker Senator John Velis John F. Keenan for taking action to help MA residents living with #chronicpain & #SUD by passing H.5143! #PainAdvocate #PainManagement #MultidisciplinaryCare @us_pain # USPainFoundation

TU Jennifer Kahn for an excellent article on #chronicpain bit.ly/42cufuw U.S. Pain Foundation #painAwareness #painmanagement #pain

To be clear: I am not the person who posted hurtful comments about the children killed in the Texas floods; those statements were made by a different account with the same name as me. My heart goes out to the families affected by the deaths in Texas.

TU @majoriedecker 4 supporting #chronicpain sufferers in MA by speaking at @masspaininitiative & U.S. Pain Foundation #painawareness event & sponsoring HB1134