Deadline July 15: Call to action for Medical Nutrition Equity Act!
July 7, 2022
Call to action! This is our best year to pass the Medical Nutrition Equity Act! Be sure to share your story by July 15!
The White House is collecting personal stories their upcoming White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health this fall. They will use the stories to develop a policy agenda that will be backed by President Biden and Congressional Leadership. We need YOU to submit your story to help explain why the Medical Nutrition Equity Act should be a priority for this conference. Getting it included will be enormously helpful in our efforts to get the bill passed this year!
The deadline is July 15, but please do it TODAY and ask your friends and family to also submit comments!
INSTRUCTIONS for submitting your personal medically necessary nutrition story to the White House’s Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health:
Click here – https://bit.ly/whcsept2022
Scroll to the form at the bottom titled, “White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition & Health – Share Your Ideas & Stories”
Fill out your name and contact information
In the “Please share your ideas/stories” section, individuals comments should include the following:
– Share your individual story about why medically necessary nutrition is critical to your life
-Make sure to talk about what it is like to live with the uncertainty of access to your medically necessary nutrition.
– Specifically ask that the Conference include a focus on access to medically necessary nutrition and legislation to address these issues, such as the Medical Nutrition Equity Act