Medicare patient IVIG access has moved one step closer toward success. Senator John Kerry (D- MA) is introducing amendment (Kerry C-5) to allow Medicare IVIG patients to have IVIG administered at home and to require a study to look at payment problems in all care settings. It is "crunch" time!
The Senate Finance committee will begin meeting September 22, 2009 to decide which of 500 amendments will become a part of the health care reform bill in the Senate. If your Senator is listed below, we need you to send a letter to him or her urging them to support Kerry Amendment C-5.
The IDF community has been splendid in its response to calls for action this year. We ask you to continue that support because your letters and communications to your legislators are the reason our legislative requests have gotten to the next level!
Senate Finance Committee Members
Arizona - John Kyl
Arkansas - Blanch Lincoln
Delaware - Thomas Carper
Florida - Bill Nelson
Idaho - Mike Crapo
Iowa - Charles Grassley (ranking Minority Member)
Kansas - Pat Roberts
Kentucky - Jim Bunning
Maine - Olympia Snowe
Massachusetts - John Kerry (Say thank you)
Michigan - Debbie Stabenow
Montana - Max Baucus (Chairman of the Committee)
Nevada - John Ensign
New Jersey - Robert Menendez
New Mexico - Jeff Bingaman
New York - Charles Schumer
North Dakota - Kent Conrad
Oregon - Ron Wyden
Texas - John Cornyn
Utah - Orrin Hatch
Washington - Maria Cantwell
West Virginia - John D. Rockefeller IV
Wyoming - Michael Enzi
We also encourage you to call your Senator's office to urge them to support Senator Kerry's Amendment (C-5) in the Senate Finance committee's deliberations. Call the US Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and request to be transferred to your Senator's office.
TAKE ACTION!
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