Support our National Joint Replacement Registry

Patient lives are at risk. Unless Congress takes action to introduce a bill that creates a National Joint Replacement Registry, patients are at risk of being implanted with defective artificial joints.

Approximately 800,000 people in the United States undergo hip and knee replacement surgeries every year. Surgeons in the United States perform more joint surgeries than any other country worldwide.

American families cannot afford the devastating costs of failed implants or seeing their loved ones in excruciating pain. Insurance reimbursement for replacement surgeries have reduced by more than 60% in recent years. One-fifth of all American families are unable to pay their medical bills and often file for bankruptcy.

Enormous medical bills contribute to nearly 70% of bankruptcies and worsen for military veterans and retirees. Most American families have medical insurance but cannot afford to pay high cost medical expenses from numerous surgeries.