Legislation

The House of Representatives and Senate are both in session on April 15, 2020. Let’s make our voices heard and call our senators and representatives asking them to sign on to support S. 562/H.R. 1370, the Breast Cancer Patient Equity Act. The breast is one of the only body parts not covered by Medicare as a custom prosthetic replacement! Women deserve to make the choice for themselves. Please note, the call-in day that was scheduled on April 1, 2020 will now take place April 15, 2020 due

Update 3/31/20: Due to Coronavirus, the scheduled LHD Call-In has been postponed.  This was the activity highlighted in the recent Essential Advantage newsletter asking people to call their legislators to ask for support of The Breast Cancer Patient Equity Act, H.R. 1370/S. 562.  The original date referenced in the newsletter and our Facebook page was April 1st.  In the past week, we rescheduled for April 15th due to most Capitol buildings

By Krystal Brown, Insurance Coordinator at Dignity Products In October we received an Essentially Women email newsletter detailing Senator Duckworth’s visit to Second Act Mastectomy Boutique in Chicago. The gathering of breast cancer survivors and supporters was an inspiration. After reading the article I went and asked my boss, the owner of Dignity Products, Ondrea Meredith if she would like to host an event for the Breast Cancer Patient Equity Act. Ondrea was excited about the

It’s October! While we associate this month with everything pumpkin spice, caramel apples, cider and anything cozy, it’s also time to think pink. After all, October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. While the primary focus of Breast Cancer Awareness is about raising awareness for the disease, early detection, treatment, and finding a cure, we’d also like to focus on all of the amazing breast cancer survivors and making sure they have all of the options available to them following

Kim Neel of Alala When a woman hears she has beaten breast cancer, her life should improve. The fight is over, she’s in the clear, it’s time for things to go back to normal. But, as everyone in the industry knows, that is simply not the case. Side effects of the treatment that saved her life can lead to conditions like lymphedema – a condition that can cause fibrosis, infection, pain, and impaired functioning of the affected body part. Kim Neel, cofounder of Alala, has made it

August is here and that means August of Action is officially in swing. Legislators are officially on break from Washington, D.C. and are spending their recess in their home districts. Now is the time to reach out to your members of Congress to schedule a meeting during their August break. If your elected officials do not hear about issues, they cannot take action. It’s so important that you build relationships with your Senators and Representatives so that the Breast Cancer

Grassroots advocacy is a term that is thrown around in politics, but what is it really? It’s the process of communicating with the general public and asking them to contact their local, state or federal officials regarding a certain issue. Elected officials’ purpose should be to represent the views of their constituents. But how do they know what their constituents want unless their constituents speak out?  We know that every woman who experiences a mastectomy should

Nikki Jensen and Tom Powers with the Let Her Decide Team were on Capitol Hill again last week advocating for H.R. 1370/S. 562 The Breast Cancer Patient Equity Act. They had 30 meetings with House and Senate staffers. The list of legislators they met with is at the end. Our focus is currently on members of Senate Finance, House Ways and Means, and House Energy and Commerce. These committees have jurisdiction in healthcare/Medicare. If legislators from these committees sign onto the bill, it signals