CDF Milestones – Marilyn’s Message December 2020
The Celiac Disease Foundation achieved a number of critical milestones in 2020 in our efforts to accelerate the development of treatments and a cure for celiac disease.
Continue ReadingThe Celiac Disease Foundation achieved a number of critical milestones in 2020 in our efforts to accelerate the development of treatments and a cure for celiac disease.
Continue ReadingSecuring public and private health insurance coverage of Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT) for celiac disease patients has been a long-time priority of the Celiac Disease Foundation.
Continue ReadingI want to share with you an update of our work in Washington, DC with Congress and NIH to accelerate research for diagnostics, treatments, and a cure for celiac disease.
Continue ReadingWe are pleased to announce our newest online resource for patients and caregivers to drive policy change to improve the health of those living with celiac disease and accelerate research: iAdvocate.
Continue ReadingWe are well on the way to assembling a grassroots advocacy team that can help make celiac disease a national priority in communities across the country
Continue ReadingThe Celiac Disease Foundation National Patient Advocacy Summit in Washington, DC will train participants to advocate on celiac disease public policy priorities to Members of Congress.
Continue Reading2020 is starting out BIG, with the Celiac Disease Foundation hosting the National Celiac Disease Patient Advocacy Summit on February 27, 2020, in Washington, DC. Apply today to attend.
Continue ReadingAs I return to Los Angeles, I would like to take a moment to share with you some of the highlights of our productive two days in Washington, DC. Your consistent support has allowed us to reach this tipping point, and I want to be clear about what your gifts of time, money, and advocacy…
Continue ReadingCEO Marilyn G. Geller’s testimony before the House Appropriations Subcommittee has helped secure report language in the House’s version of the 2020 Labor-HHS-Education bill demanding that the National Institute of Health (NIH) report to Congress in 90 days on its plans to aid celiac disease patients. This acknowledgment that celiac disease is a serious condition…
Continue ReadingAs a member of the National Coalition of Autoimmune Patients Groups (NCAPG), a coalition founded by the American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association (AARDA), the Celiac Disease Foundation signed onto the proposed rule comments from I Am Essential that would dramatically change the regulations that implement Section 1557, the anti-discrimination provision of the Affordable Care Act. The…
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