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Dear Senator,
I am a patient with lymphoma [or
caregiver, or friend, or loved one of a person diagnosed with
lymphoma].
I am contacting you regarding a CMS ruling
that will have a devastating effect on the survival of patients with
lymphomas. The ruling is
contained in CMS-1392-FC as it relates to Bexxar and Zevalin.
It is now obvious that CMS erred in its method
and classifications when it set the rates for these drugs, and that if
the ruling is allowed to take effect on January 1, that patients will
lose an invaluable treatment option. Many renowned lymphoma experts
have written that the ruling will limit or deny patient access to
these highly effective treatments.
The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, Lymphoma Research
Foundation, The American Society of Hematology and the American
Society of Clinical Oncologists have also stated publicly that this
ruling will limit or deny patient access.
I urge you to restore the reimbursement rates
for 2007 during 2008 in order to give patients continued access to
these much needed drugs and to allow CMS the time to collect fair and
accurate data on which to sets the rates for 2009.
I – and the patients who needs these drugs,
now and in the future – urge you to act swiftly, before this ruling
takes effect on January 1, 2008.
Respectfully,
[Your name, title if desired]
Majority
Members
Max
Baucus (D-MT)
Website contact form: http://baucus.senate.gov/contact/emailForm.cfm?subj=issue
John D. “Jay”Rockerfeller IV (D-WV)
Website contact form: http://rockefeller.senate.gov/services/email.cfm
Kent Conrad (D-ND)
Website Contact form:https://conrad.senate.gov/contact/webform.cfm
Jeff Bingaman (D-NM)
Website Contact Form: http://bingaman.senate.gov/contact/types/email-issue.cfm
John F. Kerry (D-MA)
202-224-2742
Blanche Lincoln (D-AR)
202-224-4843
Website Contact Form: http://lincoln.senate.gov/webform.html
Ron Wyden (D-OR)
202-224-5244
Website Contact Form: http://wyden.senate.gov/contact/
Chuck Schumer (D-NY)
202-224-6542
Website Contact Form:
http://www.congress.org/congressorg/webreturn/?url=http://schumer.senate.gov
Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)
202-224-4822
Email: oliver_kim@stabenow.senate.gov
Website Contact Form: http://stabenow.senate.gov/email.cfm
Maria Cantwell (D-WA)
202-224-3441
Website Contact FormL http://cantwell.senate.gov/contact/
Ken Salazar (D-CO)
202-224-5852
Website Contact Form: http://salazar.senate.gov/contact/email.cfm
Minority
Members
Orrin Hatch ( R-UT)
202-224-6306
Website Contact Form: http://hatch.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Offices.Contact
Olympia J. Snowe (R-ME)
202-224-5344
Website Contact Form: http://snowe.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=ContactSenatorSnowe.Email
Jon Kyl (R-AZ)
202-224-4521
Website Contact Form: http://kyl.senate.gov/contact.cfm
Gordon H. Smith (R-OR)
202-228-5862
Website Contact Form: http://gsmith.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.Home
Jim Bunning (R-KY)
202-224-4343
Website contact form
http://bunning.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.ContactForm
Mike Crapo (R-ID)
202-224-6142
Website contact form:
http://crapo.senate.gov/contact/email.cfm
Pat Roberts (R-KS)
202-224-4774
Website contact form: http://roberts.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=ContactInformation.EmailPat
John Ensign (R-NV)
202-224-6244
Website Contact Form: http://ensign.senate.gov/forms/email_form.cfm
