Happy New Year! We hope you and your loved ones have enjoyed the holiday season. More details about these upcoming events in February and March will be coming soon.
Next month, February 1st-14th, we will host our annual “Love The Lymphedema Treatment Act Walk!” This is a virtual walk so anyone, anywhere, can participate during that time frame. We hope you will join with us to raise awareness about lymphedema and funds for our upcoming Lymphedema Lobby Days.
In March, we will be hosting our 2018 Lymphedema Lobby Days in Washington, DC. Dates are tentatively set for March 4th-6th, and will be confirmed very soon. Read what past participants had to say about their experience on our website.
Persistence is the key to gaining support! Please continue to contact any of your own members of Congress who have not cosponsored the LTA yet. Our current cosponsors are: Senate, House.
Everyone must also continue to urge leadership to move our bill forward. All the tools needed to take action are HERE. As explained in our 12/18/17 newsletter, there are some potential passage
opportunities for the LTA on the horizon!
We applaud Dr. Stanley Rockson for his recent editorial entitled, “Lymphatic Medicine: Paradoxically and Unnecessarily Ignored“. He eloquently recounts the uphill battle lymphedema patients face, and why passage of the LTA is so important.
We look forward to continuing our work in 2018. Together, we can make this the year we close the insurance coverage gap for lymphedema compression supplies!
Heather Ferguson
Founder & Executive Director
Lymphedema Advocacy Group
LymphedemaTreatmentAct.org
