Tell Your Members of Congress to Support the Comprehensive Cancer Care Improvement Act

Representatives Lois Capps and Charles Boustany and Senator Mary Landrieu have introduced the Comprehensive Cancer Care Improvement Act (H.R. 1844 / S. 1773), federal legislation which would improve care for lymphoma patients by encouraging comprehensive cancer care planning from the point of diagnosis through primary treatment and into survivorship.

The Lymphoma Research Foundation (LRF) encourages every member of the lymphoma community to contact their U.S. Representative and urge them to co-sponsor this important legislation. Call your Representative, and using the talking points below, tell them we need their support! You may reach your Representative via the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121. Ask the operator to transfer you to your Representative or Senator's office.

Talking Points For Phone Calls To Member of Congress Regarding Comprehensive Cancer Care Legislation

• If calling your Representative, tell staff you are calling to urge your Representative to co-sponsor the Comprehensive Cancer Care Improvement Act, H.R. 1844. If you are calling your two Senators, tell staff you are calling to urge your Senator to co-sponsor the Comprehensive Cancer Care Improvement Act, S. 1773.
  
• The bill would encourage heath care providers to: 1) develop a written cancer care plan for patients and 2) review the details of the plan with their patients before treatment begins and then again at the conclusion of their treatment.
  
• The bill would also allow Medicare to reimburse physicians for the time required to develop and communicate these plans to patients, an important consideration as the majority of U.S cancer patients are beneficiaries of that program.
  
• Add any personal connection to lymphoma that you wish to share and/ or why this legislation would help you, your family, or someone you know whose life has been affected by lymphoma.
  
• Ask your legislator to co-sponsor the Comprehensive Cancer Care Improvement Act by contacting the offices of Representatives Lois Capps or Charles Boustany (House of Representatives) or Senator Mary Landrieu (Senate).
  
• Remember to leave your name and address, so that your legislator can follow-up and inform you whether he or she co-sponsored the bill.

Thank you for your support! Together, we can educate Congress on the needs of the lymphoma community and ensure that every patient can access quality, comprehensive cancer care.

Remember that every phone call counts, so be sure to e-mail this page to everyone in your address book or print this page as a flyer, to give to family members and friends.