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SOAR Act: Help Those Who Struggle to Breathe
Living on the Space Coast, where sending rockets into orbit is a regular occurrence, you’d think innovation knows no bounds. If we can send people into space, surely, we can make the latest healthcare technologies available to patients struggling to breathe! Sadly, that is not the case for many patients in need of medical oxygen….
World Oxygen Day: National Health Groups Amplify Patient Voices to Stress Importance of Oxygen Reform
WASHINGTON, DC – (October 2, 2025) – Today, in honor of World Oxygen Day (October 2), leading patient, provider, and professional organizations are amplifying the voices of people on supplemental oxygen to stress the critical importance of oxygen reform and the urgent need for legislative action. These advocates, representing the 1.5 million people in the U.S. who rely…
Lung Patient Community Calls for Supplemental Oxygen Reform
Mary was diagnosed with a rare lung disease at 40 years old. Beverly loves playing tennis but struggles to do so with an oxygen tank. Sarah’s active lifestyle depends on access to liquid oxygen so that she can leave the house for more than a few hours. These stories are similar to many more shared on Capitol Hill for the American…
CQRC OFFERS UP SOAR ACT AS WAY TO SUPPORT ACCESS TO NEW TECH
The Council for Quality Respiratory Care (CQRC) shared a letter with the House Energy & Commerce Health Subcommittee in advance of its hearing “Examining Policies to Enhance Seniors’ Access to Breakthrough Medical Technologies” to promote its SOAR Act. In the letter, the CQRC makes the case that the Supplemental Oxygen Access Reform (SOAR) Act (S. 1406/H.R. 2902) would: “Earlier…