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    Friday, Jan 09, 2026

    Coalition to Run & Walk Again

    As many of you are aware, yesterday, AOPA announced the creation of the Coalition to Walk and Run Again. If you missed the news event, you may listen to it here. Since yesterday’s announcement, the world has opened its eyes to the O&P field and the media has been busy covering our members and the Coalition. Through all of this activity, it has certainly put a spotlight on the inadequacies in most insurance coverage.

    Below you will find just a few of the 150+ articles, stories, and broadcasts we have collected over the last few days. Links to every story, whether national, local, or international, will be posted on the Coalition’s page. Please check back frequently for updates.

    If you are on Facebook, Twitter or a different social network, share the work of the O&P Coalition with your followers. Pick one, or a few, of the 150+ news events to share on your social networks.

    New York Times Fox 25 TV/Boston, MA CBS3 TV/Springfield, MA
    WGGB TV/Springfield, MA  WHDH TV/Boston, MA Florida Today
    Indy Star Green Bay Press Gazette Tulsa, OK 
    Reno Gazette Journal The Spectrum Oregon Herald 
    LA Times CNN Think Progress

     

    Compassionate Care Access Offered to Boston Marathon Amputee Victims

    ALEXANDRIA, VA, April 22, 2013 – The American Orthotic and Prosthetic Association (AOPA) is leading a coalition to provide access to care for uninsured/underinsured amputee victims of the Boston Marathon Bombing to assure that all victims “will walk and run again”.

    Leaders of manufacturer and patient care facility members of AOPA and coalition partners have pledged to connect these amputees and those with related mobility impairment with the needed specialized care for those who may not have any health insurance or the means to assure access to the needed care and artificial limbs, customized bracing and mobility assistive devices. The prosthetic and orthotic care and componentry will be provided at no cost to those patients.

    The coalition of AOPA members and those affiliated with the American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists, the National Association for the Advancement of Orthotics and Prosthetics and the Amputee Coalition have mobilized their national membership networks to provide care access and support.