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ALSvets are a team of US Veterans with ALS and caregivers

Joined October 2020
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We are a team of veterans, caregivers, and families who are fighting ALS. We encourage, connect, support, and advocate for veterans with ALS, a 100% service-connected, 100% fatal motor neuron disease. Join us in our fight to #endALS.
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Thank you, @RepBrownley's office, for meeting with the @iamalsorg Veterans Team and supporting the healthcare and home care of all Veterans! @votevets
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Veterans with ALS send open letter to FDA requesting an Advisory Committee meeting to discuss NurOwn iamals.org/updates/veterans-…
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Thank you @MarioDB for being an #ALSChampion
Thank you @MarioDB for being an ALS champion and as the appropriations process continues, advocating for increased ALS research funding for the @CDMRP. Veterans served our country and deserve treatments and cures for the service connected disease. #ALSChampion .@iamalsorg
Thank you @RepCheri for being an #ALSChampion
Thank you @RepCheri for being an ALS champion and as the appropriations process continues, advocating for increased ALS research funding for the @CDMRP. Veterans served our country and deserve treatments and cures for the service connected disease. #ALSChampion .@iamalsorg
Thank you @RepKayGranger for being an #ALSChampion
@RepKayGranger Thank you for being an ALS champion and as the appropriations process continues, advocating for increased ALS research funding for the @CDMRP. Veterans served our country and deserve treatments and cures for the service connected disease. #ALSChampion .@iamalsorg
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Thank you @RepDerekKilmer for being an #ALSChampion
Replying to @RepDerekKilmer
@RepDerekKilmer Thank you for being an ALS champion and as the appropriations process continues, advocating for increased ALS research funding for the @CDMRP. Veterans served our country and deserve treatments and cures for the service connected disease. #ALSChampion .@iamalsorg
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Thank you @RepCuellar for being an #ALSChampion
Replying to @RepCuellar
@RepCuellar Thank you for being an ALS champion and as the appropriations process continues, advocating for increased ALS research funding for the @CDMRP. Veterans served our country and deserve treatments and cures for the service connected disease. #ALSChampion .@iamalsorg
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Thank you @TimRyan for being an #ALSChampion
Replying to @TimRyan
@TimRyan Thank you for being an ALS champion and as the appropriations process continues, advocating for increased ALS research funding for the @CDMRP. Veterans served our country and deserve treatments and cures for the service connected disease. #ALSChampion .@iamalsorg
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Thank you @BettyMcCollum04 for being an #ALSChampion
Replying to @BettyMcCollum04
@BettyMcCollum04 Thank you for being an ALS champion and as the appropriations process continues, advocating for increased ALS research funding for the @CDMRP. Veterans served our country and deserve treatments and cures for the service connected disease. #ALSChampion
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Thank you @repcharlieCrist for being an #ALSChampion
Thank you @RepCharlieCrist for being an ALS champion and as the appropriations process continues, advocating for increased ALS research funding for the @CDMRP. Veterans served our country and deserve treatments and cures for the service connected disease. #ALSChampion @iamalsorg
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Thank you @KenCalvert for being an #ALSChampion
Replying to @KenCalvert
@KenCalvert Thank you for being an ALS champion and as the appropriations process continues, advocating for increased ALS research funding for the @CDMRP. Veterans served our country and deserve treatments and cures for the service connected disease. #ALSChampion .@iamalsorg
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Thank you @Call_Me_Dutch for being an #ALSChampion
Thank you, @Call_Me_Dutch , for being an ALS champion and, as the appropriations process continues, advocating for increased ALS research funding for the @CDMRP. Veterans served our country and deserve treatments and cures for this service-connected disease. #ALSChampion
Thank you @RepMikeQuigley for being an #ALSChampion
Replying to @RepMikeQuigley
@RepMikeQuigley Thank you for being an ALS champion and as the appropriations process continues, advocating for increased ALS research funding for the @CDMRP. Veterans served our country and deserve treatments and cures for the service connected disease. #ALSChampion .@iamalsorg
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Replying to @DeptVetAffairs
@DeptVetAffairs has 171 medical centers within 18 VISNS. That means 171 DIFFERENT WAYS @ALSvets are cared for. No wonder inequity of care is prolific @USHVHA @VADepSec @SecVetAffairs
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Tonight!
Don't forget! Tomorrow at 5:30 pm, ET, we'll be hosting an Ask Me Anything conversation series on the topic of resources and support options available to veterans and their caregivers and loved ones. bit.ly/3FN7sIq #ALSEvent #VeteransAwareness
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Educate outside of the echo chamber #endALS
We're grateful that May is ALS Awareness Month in the US & June for the rest of the world. We encourage anyone living w/ALS, caring for ALS, or having lost someone to ALS to be bold & truthful about the harsh realities of ALS families. We must educate outside of the ALS echo