CORINTH – Alice Page of Corinth was among 47 women heart patients who completed the first-ever Advocacy Institute, held March 27-31 in Washington, D.C., sponsored by the National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease.

Page and the other women heart disease patients learned about the public policy development process, working within coalitions, telling their personal stories, and recent developments in Medicaid and Medicare.

Participants were selected to attend the institute after a competitive national application process.