Senator Cantwell, our bill sponsor, has informed us she is pushing hard to have the LTA included in the next legislative package, and has asked that our advocates contact their Senators again now!
The most important action you can take is calling your Senators’ DC offices! The phone numbers and call script are below.
Please also write to your Senators – you can contact both offices by email in one easy step via this new Action Alert – and make sure to take a moment to personalize the template letter provided.
If you are a member of your state’s advocacy team you will soon be receiving a special email with instructions for contacting your Senators’ health aides directly. If you are not a team member yet but would like to join, click here to sign up (it’s absolutely free) and we will forward you the instructions.
Let’s make our voices heard and pass the Lymphedema Treatment Act!
Heather Ferguson
Founder & Executive Director
Lymphedema Advocacy Group
LymphedemaTreatmentAct.org
A list of all Senators and their phone numbers follow
the call script and tips for personalizing your message.
CALL SCRIPT:
“I am a constituent calling in support of the Lymphedema Treatment Act, which is Senate bill S.518, to ask that this bipartisan, preventative healthcare bill be included in the next COVID-19 response package. Ensuring that lymphedema patients have access to the medical compression supplies they need to effectively manage this condition at home and stay out of the hospital has never been more important! This issue is important to me because… [personalize your message using the tips below]. Please ask Senator [name] to support including S.518, the Lymphedema Treatment Act, in the next COVID-19 response package.”
TIPS ON PERSONALIZING YOUR MESSAGE:
Begin by stating your relationship to lymphedema. Emphasize that compression garments are vital. Highlight any challenges/obstacles you have in managing your lymphedema. If the pandemic and shutdowns have impacted your ability to manage your lymphedema, please explain.
For example: Have your symptoms worsened? Have you been unable to obtain new garments or go to therapy? Has your financial situation been impacted, leaving you unable to pay for anything related to your lymphedema care? Have you had an infection or other complication and been unable to get it treated properly or in a timely fashion?
Anything pandemic-related that has had an impact on your lymphedema can be included, and be mindful that stressing the medical necessity of your doctor prescribed compression garments is always important. If the Senator is a cosponsor make sure to thank him or her for that.
PLEASE CALL BOTH OF YOUR SENATORS:
AK-Senate: Lisa Murkowski, 202-224-6665 Cosponsor
AK-Senate: Dan Sullivan, 202-224-3004 Cosponsor
AL-Senate: Richard Shelby, 202-224-5744
AL-Senate: Doug Jones, 202-224-4124 Cosponsor
AR-Senate: Tom Cotton, 202- 224-2353 Cosponsor
AR-Senate: John Boozman, 202- 224-4843 Cosponsor
AZ-Senate: Martha McSally, 202-224-2235 Cosponsor
AZ-Senate: Kyrsten Sinema, 202- 224-4521 Cosponsor
CA-Senate: Dianne Feinstein, 202-224-3841 Cosponsor
CA-Senate: Kamala Harris, 202- 224-3553 Cosponsor
CO-Senate: Cory Gardner, 202-224-5941
CO-Senate: Michael Bennet, 202-224-5852 Cosponsor
CT-Senate: Chris Murphy, 202-224-4041 Cosponsor
CT-Senate: Richard Blumenthal, 202- 224-2823 Cosponsor
DE-Senate: Chris Coons, 202-224-5042 Cosponsor
DE-Senate: Tom Carper, 202- 224-2441 Cosponsor
FL-Senate: Marco Rubio, 202- 224-3041 Cosponsor
FL-Senate: Rick Scott, 202- 224-5274 Cosponsor
GA-Senate: David Perdue, 202-224-3521
GA-Senate: Kelly Loeffler, 202- 224-3643
HI-Senate: Brian Schatz, 202- 224-3934 Cosponsor
HI-Senate: Mazie Hirono, 202-224-6361 Cosponsor
IA-Senate: Joni Ernst, 202-224-3254 Cosponsor
IA-Senate: Chuck Grassley, 202-224-3744
ID-Senate: Jim Risch, 202-224-2752
ID-Senate: Mike Crapo, 202-224-6142
IL-Senate: Dick Durbin, 202-224-2152 Cosponsor
IL-Senate: Tammy Duckworth, 202-224-2854 Cosponsor
IN-Senate: Todd Young, 202-224-5623 Co-lead Sponsor
IN-Senate: Mike Braun, 202-224-4814
KS-Senate: Pat Roberts, 202-224-4774
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
LA-Senate: John Kennedy, 202-224-4623
MA-Senate: Elizabeth Warren, 202-224-4543 Cosponsor
MA-Senate: Ed Markey, 202-224-2742 Cosponsor
MD-Senate: Chris Van Hollen, 202-224-4654 Cosponsor
MD-Senate: Ben Cardin, 202-224-4524 Cosponsor
ME-Senate: Susan Collins, 202-224-2523
ME-Senate: Angus King, 202-224-5344 Cosponsor
MI-Senate: Gary Peters, 202-224-6221 Cosponsor
MI-Senate: Debbie Stabenow, 202-224-4822 Cosponsor
MN-Senate: Tina Smith, 202-224-5641 Cosponsor
MN-Senate: Amy Klobuchar, 202-224-3244 Cosponsor
MO-Senate: Josh Hawley, 202-224-6154 Cosponsor
MO-Senate: Roy Blunt, 202-224-5721 Cosponsor
MS-Senate: Cindy Hyde-Smith, 202-224-5054 Cosponsor
MS-Senate: Roger Wicker, 202-224-6253 Cosponsor
MT-Senate: Steve Daines, 202-224-2651 Cosponsor
MT-Senate: Jon Tester, 202-224-2644 Cosponsor
NC-Senate: Richard Burr, 202-224-3154, then enter #2
NC-Senate: Thom Tillis, 202-224-6342 Cosponsor
ND-Senate: Kevin Cramer, 202-224-2043 Cosponsor
ND-Senate: John Hoeven, 202-224-2551 Cosponsor
NE-Senate: Deb Fischer, 202-224-6551 Cosponsor
NE-Senate: Ben Sasse, 202-224-4224
NH-Senate: Jeanne Shaheen, 202-224-2841 Cosponsor
NH-Senate: Margaret Wood Hassan, 202-224-3324 Cosponsor
NJ-Senate: Cory Booker, 202-224-3224 Cosponsor
NJ-Senate: Bob Menendez, 202-224-4744 Cosponsor
NM-Senate: Tom Udall, 202-224-6621 Cosponsor
NM-Senate: Martin Heinrich, 202-224-5521 Cosponsor
NV-Senate: Jacky Rosen, 202-224-6244 Cosponsor
NV-Senate: Catherine Cortez Masto, 202-224-3542 Cosponsor
NY-Senate: Kirsten Gillibrand, 202-224-4451 Cosponsor
NY-Senate: Chuck Schumer, 202-224-6542 Cosponsor
OH-Senate: Sherrod Brown, 202-224-2315 Cosponsor
OH-Senate: Rob Portman, 202-224-3353
OK-Senate: Jim Inhofe, 202-224-4721 Cosponsor
OK-Senate: James Lankford, 202-224-5754 Cosponsor
OR-Senate: Jeff Merkley, 202-224-3753 Cosponsor
OR-Senate: Ron Wyden, 202-224-5244
PA-Senate: Pat Toomey, 202-224-4254
PA-Senate: Bob Casey, 202-224-6324 Cosponsor
RI-Senate: Sheldon Whitehouse, 202-224-2921 Cosponsor
RI-Senate: Jack Reed, 202-224-4642 Cosponsor
SC-Senate: Tim Scott, 202-224-6121 Cosponsor
SC-Senate: Lindsey Graham, 202-224-5972 Cosponsor
SD-Senate: John Thune, 202-224-2321
SD-Senate: Mike Rounds, 202-224-5842 Cosponsor
TN-Senate: Marsha Blackburn, 202-224-3344
TN-Senate: Lamar Alexander, 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 Cosponsor
VA-Senate: Tim Kaine, 202-224-4024 Cosponsor
VT-Senate: Patrick Leahy, 202-224-4242 Cosponsor
VT-Senate: Bernie Sanders, 202-224-5141 Cosponsor
WA-Senate: Patty Murray, 202-224-7675 Cosponsor
WA-Senate: Maria Cantwell, 202-224-3441 Lead Sponsor
WI-Senate: Tammy Baldwin, 202-224-5653 Cosponsor
WI-Senate: Ron Johnson, 202-224-5323 Cosponsor
WV-Senate: Shelley Moore Capito, 202-224-6472 Cosponsor
WV-Senate: Joe Manchin, 202-224-3954
WY-Senate: Mike Enzi, 202-224-3424
WY-Senate: John Barrasso, 202-224-6441
