Please take a moment to contact any Senators not yet cosponsoring the LTA by emailing their offices, and also using the information below to leave a phone message.
Congress is back from the July 4th recess this week, so now is a great time to reach out!
Most offices have after hours voicemail, if you are unable to call during business hours.
CALL SCRIPT: “I’m a constituent calling about the Lymphedema Treatment Act, bill number S.1315, which was reintroduced by Senators Cantwell and Grassley and currently has 64 bipartisan cosponsors. [This is important to me because… ]I hope that Senator [name]will join as a cosponsor of this bill. Will you please pass on my message to your Health Legislative Aide?”
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 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 GA-Senate: Raphael Warnock, 202- 224-3643 Cosponsor HI-Senate: Brian Schatz, 202- 224-3934 Original Cosponsor HI-Senate: Mazie Hirono, 202-224-6361 IA-Senate: Joni Ernst, 202-224-3254 Original Cosponsor * IA-Senate: Chuck Grassley, 202-224-3744 Co-lead Sponsor* (replace the words “a cosponsor” in the thank -you script above with “the 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 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 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 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, then enter #2 NC-Senate: Thom Tillis, 202-224-6342 Original Cosponsor ND-Senate: Kevin Cramer, 202-224-2043 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 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 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 WA-Senate: Patty Murray, 202-224-7675 Original Cosponsor * WA-Senate: Maria Cantwell, 202-224-3441 Lead Sponsor * (replace the words “a cosponsor” in the thank-you script above with “the 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.
