Prevent Blindness proudly stands alongside our colleagues across the health spectrum to promote policies that improve our national health and well-being. Many groups have mutual policy goals in areas that often overlap with vision and eye health; for example, ensuring patients can access safe and effective drugs, increasing the budget on federal public health and medical research programs, or improving the health of our nation’s seniors through strong community networks. In advocacy, there is strength in numbers, and our strong coalition partnerships help us achieve policy goals that would be too difficult to take on as a singular effort. For more information on issues which Prevent Blindness leads, please visit our Advocacy Initiatives page.
November 16: Prevent Blindness joins 160 organizations urging Congress to pass the PASTEUR Act
October 13: Prevent Blindness joins 134 leading child health organizations to support a National Emergency Declaration on children’s mental health
October 4: American Heart Association Legacy IRA Coalition urges Congressional action to increase charitable giving
October 3: National Patient Advocacy Group Comment Letter on HHS Proposed Rulemaking for ACA Section 1557 “Nondiscrimination in Health Programs and Activities”
September 15: Children’s Budget Coalition Letter to HHS Secretary urging creation of a Children’s Interagency Coordinating Council
September 13: Patient groups urge Congress to find a permanent solution to telehealth policies beyond COVID-19 pandemic
September 6: Patient and Provider Advocates for Telehealth Letter on proposed telehealth policies in CY2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule
June 1: Step Therapy Coalition Letter to HHS Secretary Becerra urging reversal of step therapy policies on Part B drugs in MA plans
May 19: Prevent Blindness supports $30 million for Pediatric Subspecialty Loan Repayment Program
May 10: Children’s Budget Coalition Letter urging Presidential Proclamation of annual Children’s Week
April 28: Prevent Blindness supports funding for CDC data modernization efforts
April 6: Friends of HRSA urges $9.8 million funding level for HRSA in FY2023
April 6: Friends of Title V Maternal and Child Health Services Program urges $1 billion for MCHB-HRSA
April 1: Leading chronic disease advocacy organizations urge $3.75 billion for CDC’s Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
April 1: CDC Coalition urges $11 billion for CDC in FY2023
March 5: Prevent Blindness and 181 organizations join American Council of the Blind letter urging DOJ to act on digital accessibility regulations
April 5: Prevent Blindness supports funding for CDC’s REACH program in FY2022
March 18: Prevent Blindness endorses H.R. 1025, the Kids Access to Primary Care Act
March 8: Friends of HRSA requests $9.2 billion for HRSA in FY2022
March 5: Prevent Blindness endorses the Child Poverty Reduction Act
March 4: Prevent Blindness endorses legislation to restore Prevention and Public Health Fund
March 2: Prevent Blindness endorses efforts to fund Pediatric Subspecialty Loan Repayment Program
March 1: CDC Coalition requests $10 billion to CDC in FY2022 appropriations
April 5: Prevent Blindness supports funding for CDC’s REACH program in FY2022
January 26: Prevent Blindness endorses Children’s Budget Coalition “1% for Kids” recommendation
January 25: Patient and provider groups urge Medicaid Section 1115 waivers to be rescinded
December 30: Coalition urges CMS to cover low vision devices and assistive technology
December 4: Prevent Blindness endorses legislation to improve access to maternal health
July 16: 89 organizations advocate for H.R. 6561, the Improving Social Determinants of Health Act to be included in COVID-19 legislation
June 29: ITEM Coalition urges Medicare Coverage for Low Vision Devices
April 15: Prevent Blindness joins Public Health Workforce Coalition
March 23: Families USA letter requesting state and local relief to safeguard Medicaid programs