Please reach out to them again, and ask friends and family to do so as well!
Calls are the most effective, but email is also an option. All needed info is below. Thank you for your advocacy!
Heather Ferguson
Founder & Executive Director
Lymphedema Advocacy Group
LymphedemaTreatmentAct.org
CALL SCRIPT:
“I am a constituent calling in support of the Lymphedema Treatment Act, bill number H.R.1948, which has 359 House cosponsors. I would like for Representative [name] to cosponsor this bill as well. This issue is important to me because… [2-3 brief sentences]. Please ask Representative [name] to cosponsor the Lymphedema Treatment Act.”
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AL-03 Mike Rogers 202-225-3261
AL-06 Gary Palmer 202-225-4921
AZ-05 Andy Biggs 202-225-2635
CA-04 Tom McClintock 202-225-2511
CA-10 Joshua Harder 202-225-4540
CA-11 Mark DeSaulnier 202-225-2095
CA-12 Nancy Pelosi 202-225-4965
CA-16 Jim Costa 202-225-3341
CA-18 Anna Eshoo 202-225-8104
CA-22 Devin Nunes 202-225-2523
CA-23 Kevin McCarthy 202-225-2915
CA-34 Jimmy Gomez 202-225-6235
CA-39 Gilbert Cisneros 202-225-4111
CA-51 Juan Vargas 202-225-8045
CO-04 Ken Buck 202-225-4676
CT-05 Jahana Hayes 202-225-4476
GA-07 Robert Woodall 202-225-4272
GA-09 Doug Collins 202-225-9893
GA-12 Rick Allen 202-225-2823
GU (Guam) Michael San Nicolas 202-225-1188
ID-01 Russ Fulcher 202-225-6611
IL-15 John Shimkus 202-225-5271
IN-03 Jim Banks 202-225-4436
IN-04 James Baird 202-225-5037
KY-06 Andy Barr 202-225-4706
LA-01 Steve Scalise 202-225-3015
LA-03 Clay Higgins 202-225-2031
LA-04 Mike Johnson 202-225-2777
MA-01 Richard Neal 202-225-5601
MA-03 Lori Trahan 202-225-3411
MA-09 William Keating 202-225-3111
MD-05 Steny Hoyer 202-225-4131
MI-03 Justin Amash 202-225-3831
MI-06 Fred Upton 202-225-3761
NC-03 Greg Murphy 202-225-3415
NC-05 Viginia Foxx 202-225-2071
NC-06 Mark Walker 202-225-3065
NC-09 Dan Bishop 202-225-1976
NC-10 Patrick McHenry 202-225-2576
NC-13 Ted Budd 202-225-4531
NJ-06 Frank Pallone Jr. 202-225-4671
NJ-09 Bill Pascrell Jr. 202-225-5751
NJ-11 Mikie Sherrill 202-225-5034
NV-04 Steven Horsford 202-225-9894
NY-23 Tom Reed 202-225-3161
OH-01 Steve Chabot 202-225-2216
OH-04 Jim Jordan 202-225-2676
OH-08 Warren Davidson 202-225-6205
OH-16 Anthony Gonzalez 202-225-3876
OR-02 Greg Walden 202-225-6730
PA-06 Chrissy Houlahan 202-225-4315
PA-09 Daniel Meuser 202-225-6511
PA-10 Scott Perry 202-225-5836
SC-03 Jeff Duncan 202-225-5301
SC-04 William Timmons 202-225-6030
SC-05 Ralph Norman 202-225-5501
SC-06 James E. Clyburn 202-225-3315
SD-At Large Dusty Johnson 202-225-2801
TN-06 John Rose 202-225-4231
TN-07 Mark Green 202-225-2811
TN-08 David Kustoff 202-225-4714
TX-02 Dan Crenshaw 202-225-6565
TX-08 Kevin Brady 202-225-4901
TX-10 Michael McCaul 202-225-2401
TX-19 Jodey Cook Arrington 202-225-4005
TX-21 Chip Roy 202-225-4236
TX-22 Pete Olson 202-225-5951
TX-24 Kenny Marchant 202-225-6605
TX-26 Michael Burgess, MD 202-225-7772
TX-27 Michael Cloud 202-225-7742
TX-31 John Carter 202-225-3864
TX-33 Marc Veasey 202-225-9897
UT-04 Ben McAdams 202-225-3011
VA-02 Elaine Lurea 202-225-4215
VA-03 Robert C. ” Bobby” Scott 202-225-8351
VA-06 Benjamin Cline 202-225-5431
VA-08 Don Beyer 202-225-4376
VA-10 Jennifer Wexton 202-225-5136
VI (US Virgin Islands) Stacey Plaskett 202-225-1790
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.
