With the recent/upcoming changes in power in our House of Representatives, I suppose we should expect things to fall through the cracks. This is to encourage everyone to crank up the interest again in the bill introduced last September to increase awareness of autoimmunity. H.R. 7078 is showing NO activity since early in November. IBD is an autoimmune disorder. That it is not specifically mentioned in the bill does not make it any less an issue of autoimmunity. This bill is important to all of us!
Please write to your representative and urge him/her to support H.R.7078.
To access the bill go to: http://www.statesurge.com/bills/398086-hr7078-federal
Scroll down the page to the bill text in PDF format.
To find out just who your representative is, go to: http://www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW_by_State.shtml and click on your state to find a listing of representation in your area. You may also go to: https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml and follow the instructions on that site.
I'll get off my soap box now but please follow through on this. Imagine ... what would it be like to have to go to only one doctor rather than a different one for every symptom or interrelated disease we have ... It is sure one of my favorite fantasies!
