2009 Lobby Day - You're the Cure on the Hill (USA)

"You're the Cure advocates call on Congress to step up the fight against heart disease and stroke. Nearly 500 advocates, including American Heart Association president Timothy Gardner, M.D., president-elect Clyde Yancy, M.D., FACC, FAHA, FACP, and other officers wearing red will meet their representatives in Congress on Capitol Hill on April 20-21 to pass meaningful and affordable heath care coverage, boost funding for heart and stroke research and prevention programs. Youth advocates, researchers, heart and stroke survivors will make a personal plea to their representatives: Help us save lives. As part of the American Heart Association’s You're the Cure on the Hill, these advocates will urge their members of Congress to support public policies that will help reduce death and disability from heart disease, stroke and other cardiovascular diseases, the nation’s No. 1 killer. During Lobby Day, You're the Cure advocates will ask lawmakers to significantly boost funding for heart disease and stroke research and prevention"