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, Issues, 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 23, 2019 | Featured, News, State Issues
Insurance companies would no longer be allowed to deny patients in Massachusetts access to their doctor’s prescribed treatments, under a proposal gaining widespread support on Beacon Hill. Earlier this month, the Joint Committee on Healthcare Financing heard heartfelt...
Oct 2, 2019 | Featured, Federal Issues, 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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Sep 20, 2019 | Featured, News
H.R. 3 was a long time in being released, but won’t take nearly as long to reject. It fails the central purpose of any drug price reform: Out of pocket relief for patients and ready access to the treatments they need and deserve. It opts instead to create a body...
