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Empowering Equity: Tigerlily Foundation’s Fight Against Breast Cancer Disparities

Tigerlily Foundation is committed to advancing public policy to further our mission to educate, advocate for, empower, and support young women before, during, and after cancer. We are striving to make our vision of ending disparities of age, stage, and color in our lifetime a reality through:

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State Prescription Drug Affordability Boards

Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) Patient Impacts

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Tigerlily Foundation has decades of history in the policy landscape. Our goal has always been to advocate for impact by driving policy making to create equity for patients. Patient advocacy leadership has always been key—here within Tigerlily and in guiding public policy. We water the seeds of inspiration and innovation, and working with advocates, advocacy organizations and stakeholders, have created policies and legislation that have changed the lives of millions of people. We are excited to culminate these years of momentum into our Health Equity Advocacy and Leadership (HEAL) Policy Center for Excellence (COE).

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Through Tigerlily’s HEAL Policy COE, we work to educate, empower, and lift patient voices to ensure they are amplified, in order to achieve health equity and end disparities. The HEAL Policy COE will focus on systemic changes through policy at the local, state, and federal level to:
 
  • End barriers to accessing and receiving quality, equitable care for all,
  • Lead innovation through patient-leadership, and
  • Achieve health equity and eliminate disparities in breast cancer.

Through the HEAL Policy COE, we seek to influence policy for these purposes through bi-directional learning, programs, and training to cultivate a center to exchange ideas, activate voices and create lasting change.

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To learn more, email HEAL@tigerlilyfoundation.org

Thank You to Our Generous Sponsors

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Tigerlily Foundation’s mission is to educate, advocate for, empower and support young women before, during and after cancer.

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We're still reflecting on the incredible impact of Tigerlily Foundation's 12th Annual Young Women's Health Day on the Hill—and the partners who helped make it possible. 💜👏🏽Thanks to our incredible sponsors, we brought 19 ANGEL Advocates to Washington, DC, where they joined our team in holding 63 congressional meetings and advocating for the advancement of the Clinical Trial Modernization Act and the Safe Step Act. Together, we elevated the voices of patients, survivors, caregivers, and advocates while educating policymakers and community leaders on the urgent need for equitable, patient-centered healthcare.To our sponsors, thank you for turning advocacy into action. Your partnership continues to fuel progress toward a future where no patient is left behind. Because at Tigerlily, we know that Hologic Bristol Myers Squibb Johnson & Johnson PhRMA Merck Novartis Pfizer#tigerlilyfoundation #ywhd #HealthEquity #patientadvocacy #ClinicalTrials #SafeStepAct #accesscantwait #policymatters #CancerAdvocacy #healpolicy4change ... See MoreSee Less
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