Newsletter Archives

Is your Representative on the list below? If so, he or she is among the 60 House members who cosponsored the LTA in the last Congress but have not signed back on yet this session. Please take a moment to call his or her office using the phone number and script provided below my signature. […]

  Although primary lymphedema like my son was born with is rare, secondary lymphedema, particularly consequent to cancer treatment, is not. Cancer survivors have a lifetime risk of developing lymphedema. In honor of July’s Sarcoma Awareness Month, we are proud to share our board member Bill McCann’s survivorship story. Sarcoma has a 30% lymphedema incidence […]

  61% of the members of Congress have already cosponsored the LTA, but 39 Senators and 167 House members have not signed on yet. Persistence is the key to getting their support! Over 7,000 bills have already been introduced in this Congress. Over 600 of them are healthcare bills. Each congressional aide typically handles several […]

If one or both of your Senators are among the 40 who are not yet cosponsoring the LTA please contact their offices this week! ACTION STEPS: 1.) Call his or her office using the phone number and call script here 2.) Send an email using this form 3.) Forward this email and ask others to […]

  Town Hall meetings are great opportunities to speak to your members of Congress directly! Due to the Memorial Day Holiday and Congress being in recess next week, there are more than usual scheduled for this weekend and all throughout next week. Here are three ways you can find out about these events, which are […]

We have grassroots advocacy teams in all 50 states! If you haven’t joined your state’s team yet here are a few reasons why we hope you will consider it. No prior advocacy experience is needed. The time commitment is entirely up to you. It won’t cost you a thing and you can do everything needed […]

Today and tomorrow, advocates from around the country will be meeting with hundreds of congressional offices in Washington, DC in support of the Lymphedema Treatment Act! You can support our Lymphedema Lobby Days by taking these actions from home! 1.) Spread the word by sharing our posts and tweets on Facebook and Twitter. 2.) Call […]

Please contact your Senators this week! The phone numbers with call script and the form to send an email is here. Our new Senate email form now differentiates based on current cosponsorship status. The template text will reflect that, but please make sure to personalize the email, especially if the Senator is not yet cosponsoring. […]

This Congress, the House of Representatives adopted several new rules, one of which could be a game changer for bills like ours. House bills with more than 290 cosponsors are now guaranteed to get a floor vote, which is intended to expedite bills with broad, bipartisan support. In the last Congress our bill finished with […]