Dec 17, 2019 | Featured, Letters Supported, State Issues
PSSNY PBM Support Letter from Patient Advocate Groups The legal requirement that the welfare of patients is the primary duty and obligation of anyPBM aligns their responsibilities with those of every other state regulated entity inhealthcare. This alignment is good...
Dec 2, 2019 | Featured, Federal Issues, News
Health insurance companies would no longer be allowed to unilaterally force patients to fail first on cheaper and less effective treatments, under a bipartisan proposal gaining widespread support on Capitol Hill. The Safe Step Act would implement new guidelines to aid...
Nov 11, 2019 | Featured, News
Here’s the first thing every patient should check before picking a health insurance plan during open enrollment: Does the plan have a copay accumulator? Insurance companies use copay accumulator programs to increase a patient’s out-of-pocket costs, and they are...
Nov 8, 2019 | Featured, News
Every year, patients struggle to pick the right health insurance during open enrollment. That difficult task is made harder by insurance companies and pharmacy benefit managers. “Formularies, specialty tiers, prior authorization — health insurance might as well...
Oct 2, 2019 | Featured, News
Patients seeking relief from the high cost of health insurance are expressing disappointment with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s long-awaited government price negotiation plan for its failure to address sky-high out of pocket health care costs. “H.R. 3 was a long time...
Sep 25, 2019 | Actions, Featured
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