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Senate Contacts for bill S565
« on: March 16, 2010, 03:23:15 PM »
Bill for Transplant drug coverage

HR1458 and S565 are in both still in committee and could use your support (have been in committee since last April and March)! Tell your federal representatives how they could save $30,000 to $60,000 a year for every person they can keep off of dialysis. These bills would continue coverage for transplant drugs instead of stopping payments at 3 years. No more worrying about losing a job and insurance, or not getting a transplant in the first place because a person doesn't know how they will cover the price of the meds.

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Here are the members of the "Senate Finance Committee - subcommittee on Health Care" - one of the places where S565 is stuck.  Most of the members can be contacted easily through their webpages, even by people outside the Senator's states.  One Senator can be contacted by postal mail.

I get the impression if this bill doesn't get enough attention it will die in committee - let's do our part to get it going again!

(Bill HR1458 is the House version of this bill, see the "House of Representatives contacts for HR1458" topic for contacts in the House)

Senate Finance Committee - subcommittee on Health Care

Senator Jay Rockefeller, Chairman
http://rockefeller.senate.gov/contact/email.cfm

Senator Orrin Hatch, Ranking Memeber
http://hatch.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Offices.Contact

Senator Jeff Bingaman
http://bingaman.senate.gov/contact/types/email-issue.cfm

Senator Olympia Snowe
http://snowe.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=ContactSenatorSnowe.Email

Senator John Kerry
http://kerry.senate.gov/contact/email.cfm

Senator Jon Kyl
http://kyl.senate.gov/contact.cfm

Senator Blanche Lincoln
http://lincoln.senate.gov/contact/email.cfm

Senator Jim Bunning
http://bunning.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.ContactForm

Senator Debbie Stabenow
http://stabenow.senate.gov/email.cfm

Senator John Ensign
http://ensign.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.ContactForm

Senator Bill Nelson
http://billnelson.senate.gov/contact/email.cfm

Senator John Cornyn
http://cornyn.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=ContactForm

Senator Robert Menendez
http://menendez.senate.gov/contact/?i=HEA

Senator Mike Enzi
http://enzi.senate.gov/public/

Senator Maria Cantwell
http://www.cantwell.senate.gov/contact/index.cfm

Senator Mike Crapo
http://crapo.senate.gov/contact/email.cfm

Senator Thomas R. Carper
http://carper.senate.gov/contact/

Senator Charles E. Schumer
http://schumer.senate.gov/new_website/contact.cfm

Senator Ron Wyden
223 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510-3703
Phone: (202) 224-5244
Fax: (202) 228-2717
« Last Edit: March 16, 2010, 03:38:25 PM by cschwab »
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