Newsletter Archives

In the last two days we have essentially doubled our number of House Original Cosponsors — on Monday morning it was 51, and now it’s 101, all thanks to constituent phone calls! Check the list and map below to see the status of your Representative. Our House sponsor has decided to reintroduce the bill on […]

The Lymphedema Treatment Act will be reintroduced in the House next week! Your Representative only has until Wednesday, May 26th to join as an Original Cosponsor, so they need to hear from you right away. Please call your Representative using the phone number and script below! Most offices have after hours voicemail, if you are unable […]

We are grateful that the Lymphedema Treatment Act is supported by so many outstanding organizations.  This letter was recently sent to our Senate champions, Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA). 37 other organizations joined us, the Lymhedema Advocacy Group, in expressing their support and appreciation for the Senators’ leadership on this bill. In honor […]

What an incredible start — 54 Senators from both sides of the aisle joined together to reintroduce the Lymphedema Treatment Act yesterday afternoon, and it was all thanks to the outpouring of calls from constituents!  If one or both of your Senators is marked as an “Original Cosponsor” below, or if you are a constituent of […]

If you haven’t called your two Senators yet this week, or if you have, but they still aren’t marked as Original Cosponsors on the list below, please call them today! Being an Original Cosponsor means they will be listed on the bill when it is reintroduced next week. Although Senators will still be able to […]

Reintroduction of the Lymphedema Treatment Act (LTA) in the Senate may occur as soon as next week! Final preparations are underway. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) will once again be our lead sponsor. She has championed the bill since it was first introduced in the Senate, thanks to the advocacy of our late Board Chair, Elaine […]

  During a March 25th webinar hosted by the National Lymphedema Network, I presented an update on the Lymphedema Treatment Act and shared tips on how to appeal your insurance denials while we work to pass the bill. This and all the daily webinars hosted by the National Lymphedema Network (NLN) during March’s Lymphedema Awareness […]

Although our primary focus is passage of the Lymphedema Treatment Act, we support and advocate for other legislation related to improving insurance coverage for lymphedema treatment when there is the opportunity to do so. We have news to share about two other bills – one federal and the other in the Minnesota state legislature. Note […]

Please join us in celebrating Lymphedema Awareness Month: Sign this NEW editable pre-written letter to the editor.It will automatically send to all publications within a 50 mile radius of your location. Update your social media profile picture for the month of March to include our Lymphedema Awareness Frame (see below for instructions) – or – click here to download the image to the left and use […]