To a US Senator: support expanded Medicare drug negotiation

Use this template as a starting point. Personalize at least the opening and one body paragraph — form letters get filtered, personal letters get read.

Dear Senator [Last Name],

I’m writing as a constituent in [city/town]. I want to thank you for your work on [a specific issue you’ve followed them on] and to ask you to take a position on a related question: the future of Medicare drug price negotiation.

The first round of negotiations, completed under the Inflation Reduction Act, produced significant savings on ten widely used drugs. That program is narrow by design — it covers Medicare only, and only after a long exclusivity window. There is now a clear opportunity to expand it.

Specifically, I’m asking you to support legislation that would:

1. Expand the eligible drug list beyond the current cap, so that negotiation can address a larger share of Medicare drug spending.
2. Shorten the market exclusivity window before a drug becomes negotiation-eligible, particularly for biologics.
3. Defend the program against legal and legislative attempts to repeal it.

I understand the pharmaceutical industry has raised concerns about the program’s effect on R&D investment. The early evidence on that point is mixed, and the cost of inaction — to seniors, to Medicare, and to working families across [state] — is not abstract. People I know personally are rationing medications they’ve been prescribed.

I’d appreciate knowing your position on these specific questions, and whether you intend to co-sponsor or support any legislation along these lines in the current session.

Thank you for your time and your service.

Sincerely,

[Your name] [Your address] [Your email or phone, optional]