We’ve been bugging you all summer to write your Congressional representatives about the the National Limb Loss Resource Center. A key committee report offered the first hint about legislators’ inclinations. The post Senate Committee Puts Price Tag on Limb Loss appeared first on Amplitude.| Amplitude
In the budget request it submitted last week, the White House asked Congress to eliminate funding for the National Limb Loss Resource Center, one of the only federal funding streams earmarked for amputees. The post White House Seeks to Eliminate Funds for Amputee Programs appeared first on Amplitude.| Amplitude
The National Limb Loss Resource Center has been helping amputees since 1997. But a draft budget from the Department of Health and Human Services proposes to eliminate the program. The post Budget Cutters Put Amputee Services in the Crosshairs appeared first on Amplitude.| Amplitude
Last Friday the Amputee Coalition announced significant staff cuts due to a “volatile federal environment." That same day, the NIH—which spends hundreds of millions of dollars annually on limb-loss research—implemented across-the-board cuts to its biomedical grant programs The post Federal Funds and Limb Loss: FAQ appeared first on Amplitude.| Amplitude