14/05/2026
Please write to your MP to help the Lymphoedema cause!
Lymphoedema? How many lymphies Australia wide? Unknown! Medicare item number? What Medicare item number?
There is no dedicated Medicare item number for general lymphoedema. Just to touch on a on a couple of things, without an item number it means the Australian Federal Government has no real data captured on the prevalence and cost of lymphoedema in Australia. What can we all do about it?
Write to your MP.
https://www.lymphaustralia.org.au/events/raising-awareness-campaign/mp-letters-/
Join LAA and be counted. We are lobbying for a Medicare item number.
https://www.lymphaustralia.org.au/membership/become-a-member/