Aug 22, 2022 | Featured, Letters Submitted
Patients Rising Now sent a letter to the New York State Department of Financial Services about Pharmacy Benefit Managers. PBMs possess a considerable amount of leverage in the health space and use that leverage to steer patients to in-house or otherwise...
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Aug 4, 2022 | Featured, Letters Submitted
Patients Rising Now sent a letter to the Office of the Inspector General department that oversees the Department of Health and Human Services. As part of our commitment to patient access, affordability, and safety, we are members of the Patients for Safer Nuclear...
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Jul 20, 2022 | Featured, Letters Submitted
We sent a letter to members of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees regarding FY23 funding. The House bills that fund HHS and FDA both established double digit percentage increases in funding; we thanked House lawmakers for their continued support of these...
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Jul 18, 2022 | Comment Letters, Copay Accumulators, Letters Submitted
We sent a letter to New York Governor Kathy Hochul urging her not to delay in signing A1741-A into law. A1741-A passed in May of this year almost unanimously in the New York Assembly and Senate. The bill would prohibit copay accumulators and require that any...
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May 25, 2022 | Letters Submitted
Huntington’s Disease is a rare, degenerative disease that leads to the breakdown of cells in the brain. For decades, patients who received that devastating diagnosis have had to undergo months, and even years, of waiting and maneuvering through red-tape before...
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May 16, 2022 | Featured, Letters Submitted
We appreciate the work of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) in reauthorizing the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) user fee programs for generic drugs (GDUFA). The improvements in GDUFA III will speed patient access to safe,...
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