American Heart Association

Heart for Women: Take Action for the Women Close to Your Heart. Heart Disease and Stroke. You’re the Cure.

Help Advance the HEART for Women Act in the Senate!

The HEART for Women Act is simple, cost-effective legislation that aims to reduce death rates from cardiovascular diseases in women by making sure they are more widely recognized and more effectively treated. But time is running out in the current session of Congress, so we must act quickly with a strong show of support for this important bill.. Tell your Senators that you are counting on them to stand up for the women in your state by supporting HEART for Women today!

The following individuals will receive your communication:

Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand (DEM)
Sen. Charles E. Schumer (DEM)

Dear Member of Congress:

Please enter your personal story here:

With time running out in this session of Congress, I am counting on you to make women's heart health a priority.  Please do your part to support the HEART for Women Act (S. 422) and work with your colleagues to bring it to the Senate floor for a vote this year.

With heart disease, stroke and other cardiovascular diseases still the No. 1 killer of women in our state, we must step up efforts to educate women about their risk and offer assistance to control risk factors such as high blood pressure and high cholesterol.

The HEART for Women Act is bipartisan, simple, cost-effective legislation aims to reduce death rates from cardiovascular diseases in women by making sure they are more widely recognized among women and their health care providers and more effectively treated.  The bill would help ensure that clinicians and their patients have better information about what treatments are most successful for them by requiring drug and medical device safety and effectiveness information be reported by gender, race, and ethnicity.   It would also expand the WISEWOMAN program, which provides access to screening and proven lifestyle counseling for low-income, underinsured and uninsured women.

Thank you in advance for your support on behalf of the women in our state!


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