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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:
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
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