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Setting Up School Accommodations for Your Child with IBD: What Parents Need to Know

July 21, 2023

Rachel Peifer

  Going back to school can be an exciting time for students, marked by the anticipation of reuniting with classmates and teachers after the summer and starting a new grade. However, as the new school year approaches, it’s crucial to address the unique challenges faced by K-12 student...

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Back to School

We Can’t Stomach This: Foundation Holds Rally at UnitedHealthcare Headquarters Protesting Forthcoming Prior Authorization Policy

June 14, 2023

Rachel Peifer

  On a warm Wednesday morning in late May, healthcare advocates from across the country joined the Foundation at United Healthcare’s headquarters in Minnetonka, Minnesota to protest a forthcoming policy that would have expanded prior authoriz...

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UnitedHealthcare Rally

Support IBD-Friendly Legislation

December 7, 2022

Rebecca Kaplan

Public policy advocacy has been central to the Foundation’s mission since its founding over five decades ago. Our cofounder, Suzanne Rosenthal, was passionate about creating legislative change for patients like her living with Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis. She was known for wal...

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Commemorating Disability Pride Month

July 25, 2022

Michael Osso

More than one billion people around the world live with some form of a disability. For over three decades, July has been observed as Disability Pride Month, coinciding with the enactment of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Tomorrow is the 32nd anniversary of the ADA, and I wa...

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Advocating for Change – 2022 Day on the Hill

June 2, 2022

Erin Starck

The Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation advocates on behalf of IBD patients, caregivers, and healthcare providers. Consistent with our mission, we ask Congress, the Administration, and state legislatures to support medical research to find cures for IBD, and to pass legislation to improve ...

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2020 IBD advocacy in review

December 24, 2020

Sarah Buchanan

Despite 2020 being a difficult year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Foundation saw some great advocacy successes. These could not have been achieved without the efforts of our advocacy volunteers from across the country as well as the leadership of our congressional champions, includi...

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Ten years of the Affordable Care Act

March 23, 2020

March 23, 2010 was a memorable day for me. I was working for a U.S. Senator who played a key role in shepherding the Affordable Care Act (ACA) through Congress. I had spent the months prior organizing healthcare town halls and visiting hospitals discussing the issues plaguing our health...

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Using “IBD disability index” can help predict reduced work productivity associated with working while sick

January 18, 2019

Using “IBD disability index” can help predict reduced work productivity associated with working while sick Acknowledgement: This article is a summary of “Association Between IBD Disability and Reduced Work Productivity (Presenteeism): A Population-Based Study in Manitoba, Canada” recen...

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