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 18, 2019 | Federal Issues, News
More than 100 patient organizations are speaking out and expressing concern with the Trump administration’s plan to end a medical deferred action program, which allows immigrants to delay deportation proceedings on medical grounds. “This change essentially terminates...
Aug 20, 2019 | Federal Issues, News
If you’re feeling the pinch of skyrocketing out-of-pocket health care costs, you aren’t alone. Across the country, millions of patients with “good” health insurance are being hit with higher out-of-pocket costs every time they go to access their health care. By one...
Aug 6, 2019 | Federal Issues
Many state, non-profit and corporate prescription assistance and access programs (PAPs) help patients obtain free or nearly free medicines if they qualify. Serving as a safety net for the millions of Americans who lack health insurance or whose insurance does not...
Aug 6, 2019 | Federal Issues
Named for section 340B of the Veterans Health Care Act of 1992, Congress enacted the 340B Drug Pricing Program so uninsured and indigent populations treated at community health centers, hemophilia treatment centers, black lung clinics, and non-profit hospitals can get...
Aug 6, 2019 | Federal Issues, Issues
WHAT IS ICER? An organization most patients never heard of is now hard at work determining whether recently approved drugs for serious and often life-threatening diseases should be covered by private health plans and made available to patients. Called the Institute...
