HEAL Legislation – Help Every Aspect of Long Covid
LCAP supports a comprehensive approach to Long Covid legislation, one that’s closely modeled after current HIV/AIDS legislation. The following represents names and links to executive summaries for the type of legislation we would like to see enacted which were drafted by the LCAP CURE committee, who refers to them as the “HEAL”, i.e. three Long Covid legislative proposals modeled on bipartisan bills that effectively tackle viral persistence:
- VITAL: Vital Innovative Treatments and Antivirals for Long Covid for research into curing, treating, and preventing Long Covid, and;
- INSPIRE: Initiate Needed Services, Preventions, and Implement Research with Equity for Long Covid Act for social support, care, and treatment of people with Long Covid,
- IMPACT: International Medical Preventions And Curative Treatments for Long Covid for international activities to address Long Covid.
The HEAL (Help Every Aspect of Long Covid) proposal is closely based on three prior HIV/AIDS bills and consists of two key aspects:
- The research into finding a cure for Long Covid and protecting the American people, INCLUDING our children; and a bill for international action.
- The care and the treatment of people who are Long Covid patients, including social support needed to help them to survive in a society where Long Covid patients experience rejection and gaslighting.
To help take action and lobby to adopt the HEAL legislation, please sign the following letter and be sure to personalize it with your story: Tell Bernie Sanders to Enact the HEAL Legislation Proposal for Long Covid »
