Contact Your Senators!
We need your Senators to help us get the Lymphedema Treatment Act included in a year end package and signed into law this year!
On Monday, November 14th the Lymphedema Treatment Act was passed by the House of Representatives! Now the Senate needs to do the same, or we have to start all over again in the next Congress, which begins in January of 2023.
Action #1 – Email your two Senators (link coming soon)
Action #2 – Call your two Senators (link coming soon)
Most offices have after hours voicemail, so you can call any time and leave a message. In addition to providing a call script and phone numbers for your Senators office, the Call Alert linked to above will allow you to log your call! If you prefer not to use the Call Alert you can also find the script and phone numbers below.
CALL SCRIPT — “I’m a constituent calling about the Lymphedema Treatment Act, bill number S.1315. This bill passed the House on November 14th and it’s important that the Senate do the same. I hope that Senator [name] will speak to Leadership and Committee Chairs about including this bill in a year end package. [This is important to me because… ] Will you please pass on my message to your Health Legislative Aide?” [If a Senator name is a cosponsor make sure to mention that and thank them!]
AK-Senate: Lisa Murkowski, 202-224-6665 Original Cosponsor
AK-Senate: Dan Sullivan, 202-224-3004 Original Cosponsor
AL-Senate: Richard Shelby, 202-224-5744
AL-Senate: Tommy Tuberville, 202-224-4124
AR-Senate: Tom Cotton, 202- 224-2353 Cosponsor
AR-Senate: John Boozman, 202- 224-4843 Original Cosponsor
AZ-Senate: Kyrsten Sinema, 202- 224-4521 Original Cosponsor
AZ-Senate: Mark Kelly, 202-224-2235 Original Cosponsor
CA-Senate: Dianne Feinstein, 202-224-3841 Cosponsor
CA-Senate: Alex Padilla, 202- 224-3553 Original Cosponsor
CO-Senate: John Hickenlooper, 202-224-5941 Cosponsor
CO-Senate: Michael Bennet, 202-224-5852 Original Cosponsor
CT-Senate: Chris Murphy, 202-224-4041 Cosponsor
CT-Senate: Richard Blumenthal, 202- 224-2823 Original Cosponsor
DE-Senate: Chris Coons, 202-224-5042 Original Cosponsor
DE-Senate: Tom Carper, 202- 224-2441 Original Cosponsor
FL-Senate: Marco Rubio, 202- 224-3041 Original Cosponsor
FL-Senate: Rick Scott, 202- 224-5274 Original Cosponsor
GA-Senate: Jon Ossoff, 202-224-3521 Cosponsor
GA-Senate: Raphael Warnock, 202- 224-3643 Cosponsor
HI-Senate: Brian Schatz, 202- 224-3934 Original Cosponsor
HI-Senate: Mazie Hirono, 202-224-6361 Cosponsor
IA-Senate: Joni Ernst, 202-224-3254 Original Cosponsor
IA-Senate: Chuck Grassley, 202-224-3744 Co-lead Sponsor
ID-Senate: Jim Risch, 202-224-2752
ID-Senate: Mike Crapo, 202-224-6142
IL-Senate: Dick Durbin, 202-224-2152 Original Cosponsor
IL-Senate: Tammy Duckworth, 202-224-2854 Original Cosponsor
IN-Senate: Todd Young, 202-224-5623 Original Cosponsor
IN-Senate: Mike Braun, 202-224-4814
KS-Senate: Roger Marshall, 202-224-4774 Cosponsor
KS-Senate: Jerry Moran, 202-224-6521 Cosponsor
KY-Senate: Rand Paul, 202-224-4343
KY-Senate: Mitch McConnell, 202-224-2541
LA-Senate: Bill Cassidy, 202-224-5824 Cosponsor
LA-Senate: John Kennedy, 202-224-4623
MA-Senate: Elizabeth Warren, 202-224-4543 Original Cosponsor
MA-Senate: Ed Markey, 202-224-2742 Original Cosponsor
MD-Senate: Chris Van Hollen, 202-224-4654 Original Cosponsor
MD-Senate: Ben Cardin, 202-224-4524 Original Cosponsor
ME-Senate: Susan Collins, 202-224-2523 Cosponsor
ME-Senate: Angus King, 202-224-5344 Original Cosponsor
MI-Senate: Gary Peters, 202-224-6221 Cosponsor
MI-Senate: Debbie Stabenow, 202-224-4822 Original Cosponsor
MN-Senate: Tina Smith, 202-224-5641 Original Cosponsor
MN-Senate: Amy Klobuchar, 202-224-3244 Original Cosponsor
MO-Senate: Josh Hawley, 202-224-6154 Cosponsor
MO-Senate: Roy Blunt, 202-224-5721 Original Cosponsor
MS-Senate: Cindy Hyde-Smith, 202-224-5054 Original Cosponsor
MS-Senate: Roger Wicker, 202-224-6253 Original Cosponsor
MT-Senate: Steve Daines, 202-224-2651 Original Cosponsor
MT-Senate: Jon Tester, 202-224-2644 Original Cosponsor
NC-Senate: Richard Burr, 202-224-3154
NC-Senate: Thom Tillis, 202-224-6342 Original Cosponsor
ND-Senate: Kevin Cramer, 202-224-2043 Cosponsor
ND-Senate: John Hoeven, 202-224-2551 Original Cosponsor
NE-Senate: Deb Fischer, 202-224-6551 Original Cosponsor
NE-Senate: Ben Sasse, 202-224-4224
NH-Senate: Jeanne Shaheen, 202-224-2841 Original Cosponsor
NH-Senate: Margaret Wood Hassan, 202-224-3324 Cosponsor
NJ-Senate: Cory Booker, 202-224-3224 Original Cosponsor
NJ-Senate: Bob Menendez, 202-224-4744 Original Cosponsor
NM-Senate: Ben Ray Lujan, 202-224-6621 Cosponsor
NM-Senate: Martin Heinrich, 202-224-5521 Cosponsor
NV-Senate: Jacky Rosen, 202-224-6244 Original Cosponsor
NV-Senate: Catherine Cortez Masto, 202-224-3542 Original Cosponsor
NY-Senate: Kirsten Gillibrand, 202-224-4451 Cosponsor
NY-Senate: Chuck Schumer, 202-224-6542 Cosponsor
OH-Senate: Sherrod Brown, 202-224-2315 Original Cosponsor
OH-Senate: Rob Portman, 202-224-3353
OK-Senate: Jim Inhofe, 202-224-4721 Original Cosponsor
OK-Senate: James Lankford, 202-224-5754 Original Cosponsor
OR-Senate: Jeff Merkley, 202-224-3753 Original Cosponsor
OR-Senate: Ron Wyden, 202-224-5244
PA-Senate: Pat Toomey, 202-224-4254
PA-Senate: Bob Casey, 202-224-6324 Original Cosponsor
RI-Senate: Sheldon Whitehouse, 202-224-2921 Original Cosponsor
RI-Senate: Jack Reed, 202-224-4642 Original Cosponsor
SC-Senate: Tim Scott, 202-224-6121 Original Cosponsor
SC-Senate: Lindsey Graham, 202-224-5972 Original Cosponsor
SD-Senate: John Thune, 202-224-2321
SD-Senate: Mike Rounds, 202-224-5842 Original Cosponsor
TN-Senate: Marsha Blackburn, 202-224-3344
TN-Senate: Bill Hagerty, 202-224-4944
TX-Senate: Ted Cruz, 202-224-5922
TX-Senate: John Cornyn, 202-224-2934
UT-Senate: Mike Lee, 202-224-5444
UT-Senate: Mitt Romney, 202-224-5251
VA-Senate: Mark Warner, 202-224-2023 Original Cosponsor
VA-Senate: Tim Kaine, 202-224-4024
VT-Senate: Patrick Leahy, 202-224-4242 Cosponsor
VT-Senate: Bernie Sanders, 202-224-5141 Cosponsor
WA-Senate: Patty Murray, 202-224-7675 Original Cosponsor
* WA-Senate: Maria Cantwell, 202-224-3441 Lead Sponsor
WI-Senate: Tammy Baldwin, 202-224-5653 Original Cosponsor
WI-Senate: Ron Johnson, 202-224-5323
WV-Senate: Shelley Moore Capito, 202-224-6472 Original Cosponsor
WV-Senate: Joe Manchin, 202-224-3954
WY-Senate: Cynthia Lummis, 202-224-3424
WY-Senate: John Barrasso, 202-224-6441
TIPS ON PERSONALIZING YOUR MESSAGE:
The most effective things you can convey are why your doctor prescribed compression garments are essential to your health and quality of life. The focus should be on their medical necessity, and how they enable you to manage your lymphedema, prevent complications like infections, keep you able to work, take care of your family, etc. – whatever is most applicable for you.
The most important thing to avoid saying is that they are expensive. Cost, or a person’s ability to afford to pay out of pocket, is not a reason why something should be covered by insurance, only medical necessity is. Keep the focus on compression garments being essential for the treatment and management of lymphedema, just as insulin is to a diabetic.
