Mar 5, 2021 | Letters Submitted
Patients Rising Now is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to advocating for the rights of patients with chronic and life-threatening illnesses. We support policies aimed at advancing patient access to and affordability of healthcare. We are writing to ask...
Jun 11, 2020 | Copay Accumulators, Letters Submitted
We wanted to thank your office for meeting with us in February to discuss the issue of copay accumulator programs. As you may recall, on March 9, 2020, you and your cc’ed colleagues signed a letter to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), expressing...
Mar 10, 2020 | Issues, Letters Submitted
We write to express our strong opposition to portions of the recently released 2021 Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters (NBPP) proposed rule. Specifically, we are concerned that this proposed rule would reverse a patient-friendly policy about how health plans...
Dec 6, 2019 | Federal Issues, Letters Submitted
Patients Rising NOW has joined a coalition of patients, doctors, policy experts, and providers in opposing HR 3708. HR 3708, the Primary Care Enhancement Act of 2019, would impose price caps and detrimental exclusions on the most successful model extant in healthcare...
Jun 19, 2019 | Letters Submitted
PRN supports policy changes that arm patients with information on treatment options so that they can make the best decisions in light of all factors, including cost. Letters Submitted We offer our comments and responses to the Drug Pricing Transparency proposal (the...