May 11, 2022 | Actions, Featured, Featured Action, Pharmacy Benefit Managers
Urge the FTC to study the perverse practices of Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) On February 24, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a solicitation for comment regarding Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) and the impact PBMs have on patients, among others. You can...
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Jan 26, 2022 | Actions, Federal Issues
This legislation is the culmination of months of bipartisan, bicameral discussions that included full engagement with all involved stakeholders, resulting in balanced, common-sense legislation that would help protect patients from unnecessary delays in care by...
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Nov 10, 2021 | Actions, Featured, Featured Action
Lend your voice to support the Help Ensure Lower Patient (HELP) Copays Act Millions of vulnerable Americans across the country rely on cost-sharing assistance to afford the medicines they need. Patients in the private health insurance market have increasingly relied...
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Nov 5, 2021 | Actions, Featured, Featured Action
Ensure Patient Perspectives Are Included in FDA Benefit-Risk Assessments Lend your voice to support the Better Empowerment Now to Enhance Framework and Improve Treatments (BENEFIT) Act. Congress and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have made considerable...
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Sep 16, 2021 | Actions, Copay Accumulators, Featured, Letters Supported, Massachusetts
Show your support for S. 644 and H.1053 which would ban co-pay accumulator programs in Massachusetts. Many Insurers and PBMs are now utilizing copay accumulators to stop copay assistance from counting towards a patient’s deductible and maximum out-of-pocket spending....
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Sep 10, 2021 | Access, Actions, Federal Issues, Medicare
There is a constant drum beat around the rising cost of drug prices, with little discussion of the benefit design in plans whether they are government or employer sponsored. Medicare Part B requires patients without supplemental coverage to pay a 20% copay on all...
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