FY23 LHHS Osteoporosis Appropriations Request Letters

On behalf of our 14 national organizations advocating for women’s health, aging, family caregivers and bone health, we are writing to request the Subcommittee’s continued attention to a costly and long neglected problem as you consider fiscal year 2023 appropriations for the Department of Health and Human Services. More than 54 million people in our nation, mostly women, either have osteoporosis (weakening of the bones leading to fractures) or are at high risk of the disease due to low bone density.

Click here to read the full letter to the House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies.

Click here to read the full letter to the Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies.