By Joe Nadglowski, President and Chief Executive Officer Reflections on a Big Week for Obesity Care The first week of November was quite the whirlwind for the OAC team! We knew it was going to be a busy one, with half of our staff, myself included, in Atlanta for ObesityWeek, The Obesity Society’s annual meeting.
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TROA is Back and We’re Taking Action! Twenty years ago, the Obesity Action Coalition (OAC) was founded to fill a critical gap — the need for a strong, unified voice representing individuals living with obesity. Since then, we’ve been committed to breaking down barriers to care, fighting weight bias and ensuring that people living with
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 8, 2025   National Coalition Applauds Congressmembers for Introducing Bipartisan Legislation to Expand Access to Obesity Treatments Obesity Action Coalition Urges Congress to Pass the Treat and Reduce Obesity Act (H.R. 4231/S. 1973) to Address Outdated Policy Constraints & Expand Medicare Access to Innovative Treatments for Obesity Tampa, FL (July 8,
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TROA is Back: Let’s Keep Pushing Forward for Access to Obesity Care The Obesity Action Coalition (OAC) is celebrating the reintroduction of the Treat and Reduce Obesity Act (TROA) — H.R. 4231/S. 1973 into the 119th Congress! Last month, Senator Bill Cassidy (LA) along with Senator Ben Ray Luján (NM) and 15 other original Senate
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Congress must support bipartisan legislation that will ensure Medicare beneficiaries can access safe, effective, and life-saving treatments for obesity. Update: On November 26th, the White House announced a to expand coverage for obesity medications under Medicare and Medicaid. Click here to learn more about what this means for patients.  The Treat and Reduce Obesity Act
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Tampa, Fla. –  The Obesity Action Coalition (OAC) applauds Senators Tom Carper (D-DE) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Representatives Brad Wenstrup (R-OH), Raul Ruiz (D-CA), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA) and Gwen Moore (D-WI) for reintroducing the Treat and Reduce Obesity Act (TROA) into the 118th Congress. TROA is a bipartisan bill that directly provides Medicare beneficiaries
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The Morning Consult released an op-ed authored by Joe Nadglowski on the morning of March 15th. Joe Nadglowski is the OAC CEO and President and also serves as the Co-chair for Obesity Care Advocacy Network (OCAN). This piece emphasizes the importance of the Treat and Reduce Obesity Act (TROA), especially during the COVID-19 pandemic when
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March 3rd – All insurance plans should include access to comprehensive obesity healthcare coverage that is not limited by size, weight or economic status. A lack of obesity healthcare negatively impacts the health and well-being of people with obesity. For this reason, we are excited to announce that The Treat and Reduce Obesity Act (TROA)
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On December 17, 2020, the OAC’s CEO, Joe Nadgloski, will join OCAN Founding Chair, Jeanne Blankenship, MS RDN, VP, Washington Policy Advisor, Chris Gallagher and The Glover Park Group Vice President, Adam Goldstein in a meeting with the upcoming Biden administration. This meeting will be an opportunity to discuss the Treat and Reduce Obesity Act
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The Treat and Reduce Obesity Act (TROA) is a bipartisan bill that will give Medicare-eligible Americans greater access to obesity healthcare services, treatments and providers. Currently, this bill has Congressional support from 185 co-sponsors in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate and has yet to come up for a committee or floor vote since
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Tampa, Fla. – The Obesity Action Coalition (OAC), a more than 75,000 member-strong organization, strongly supports U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and Thomas Carper (D-Del.) for urging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to cover prescription drugs for obesity and expand coverage for Intensive Behavioral Therapy (IBT), which they say is “critical to our
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Tampa, Fla. – The 2019 Treat and Reduce Obesity Act (TROA) (S595) (HR1530) has surpassed 100 co-sponsors in the U.S. House of Representatives with a total of 112 legislators supporting the Act. This critical legislation will provide Medicare beneficiaries with additional tools for weight management and obesity treatment. The bill provides the Centers for Medicare
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