{"id":71683,"date":"2021-09-24T15:33:12","date_gmt":"2021-09-24T15:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/\/?p=71683"},"modified":"2021-09-24T15:33:38","modified_gmt":"2021-09-24T15:33:38","slug":"cosponsors-sought-for-osteoporosis-testing-legislation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/cosponsors-sought-for-osteoporosis-testing-legislation\/","title":{"rendered":"Cosponsors Sought for Osteoporosis Testing Legislation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-71685\" src=\"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/mri_scanning-300x173.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/mri_scanning-300x173.png 300w, https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/mri_scanning.png 755w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/>The National Grange contacted 26 members of the House Ways and Means Committee to cosponsor H.R. 3517, the Increasing Access to Osteoporosis Testing for Medicare Beneficiaries Acts of 2021. Medicare funding cuts have resulted in drastic declines in bone density scans. It\u2019s important to restore Medicare funding for early screening because more people die every following a hip fracture than die from breast cancer.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Health-Care-Osteo-Testing-WM-Letter-re-HR-3517-9_23_21.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to read the full letter<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The National Grange contacted 26 members of the House Ways and Means Committee to cosponsor H.R. 3517, the Increasing Access to Osteoporosis Testing for Medicare Beneficiaries Acts of 2021. Medicare funding cuts have resulted in drastic declines in bone density scans. It\u2019s important to restore Medicare funding for early screening because more people die &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/cosponsors-sought-for-osteoporosis-testing-legislation\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Cosponsors Sought for Osteoporosis Testing Legislation&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":122,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-national-grange-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Cosponsors Sought for Osteoporosis Testing Legislation - The National Grange<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/cosponsors-sought-for-osteoporosis-testing-legislation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cosponsors Sought for Osteoporosis Testing Legislation - The National Grange\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&nbsp; The National Grange contacted 26 members of the House Ways and Means Committee to cosponsor H.R. 3517, the Increasing Access to Osteoporosis Testing for Medicare Beneficiaries Acts of 2021. 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