Thanks to MS activists, we have successfully ...
- Secured a new avenue of MS research funding for the first time ever, through the Department of Defense.
- Revised a potentially damaging Medicare policy on coverage of power mobility devices.
- Formed the first Congressional Multiple Sclerosis Caucus in the Senate and the House of Representatives. Find out if your legislators have joined.
- Led more than 100,000 people nationwide to sign the petition to increase federal funding for MS research.
- Helped pass stem cell legislation in bipartisan fashion in both chambers of Congress. View the Society’s position on stem cell research (.pdf).
- Formally established and protected funding for the Department of Veterans Affairs’ MS Centers of Excellence.