Advocacy Day 2023 Call Script

Thank you for calling your Senators and Representatives in Washington as part of the 2023 LUNG FORCE Advocacy Day!  We have three asks for Congress this year: 

1.    Please support and protect Medicaid; 

2.    Please increase funding for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to $11.6 billion; and

3.    Please increase funding for the National Institutes of Health to $51 billion.

In order to maximize the effectiveness of your calls, please call on Wednesday, March 29.

NOTE: You can find the name and phone number of your Members of Congress through this website. Enter your voting address, and on the page that comes up next, you will find the contact information for each member. Please only call the office of the two Senators and one House member that represent your state and congressional district (three calls total) on Wednesday, March 29. 

Recognizing that some offices ask constituents to leave messages, be sure to leave a message if you don’t reach a live staff person.

We’ve created 2 different scripts for you to use – one for your two Senators and the other for your Representative (your House member).

Call Scripts

[For Your 2 Senators]

• My name is XXXXXX and I’m calling from [INSERT THE NAME OF YOUR HOMETOWN/CITY.]  

• I’m calling Senator [INSERT NAME] today to ask [HIM/HER] to protect and support Medicaid. One in four Americans receive their health insurance through Medicaid. Ensuring quality healthcare in the United States begins with protecting the essential care that the Medicaid program provides.
• I also ask that Senator [INSERT NAME] support $11.6 billion for the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention and $51 billion for the National Institutes of Health in fiscal year 2024. Increased funding for these two agencies will help protect our nation’s health from disease, including lung cancer. It will also help ensure there can be better treatments, early detection and cures for lung cancer.
• Can I count on Senator [INSERT NAME] to support $11.6 billion in funding for the CDC, $51 billion in funding for the NIH and to support and protect Medicaid?
• Thank you.

OR

[For Your House Member - Your Representative]

• My name is XXXXXX and I’m calling from [INSERT THE NAME OF YOUR HOMETOWN/CITY.]
• I’m calling Representative [INSERT NAME] today to ask [HIM/HER] first to protect and support Medicaid. One in four Americans receive their health insurance through Medicaid. Ensuring quality healthcare in the United States begins with protecting the essential care that the Medicaid program provides.
• I also ask that Representative [INSERT NAME] support $11.6 billion for the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention and $51 billion for the National Institutes of Health in fiscal year 2024. Increased funding for these two agencies will help protect our nation’s health from disease, including lung cancer. It will also help ensure there can be better treatments, early detection and cures for lung cancer.
• Can I count on Representative [INSERT NAME] to support $11.6 billion in funding for the CDC, $51 billion in funding for the NIH and to support and protect Medicaid?
• Thank you.