Patients Rising Now Statement: ICER’s ‘Updates’ are Thinly Veiled Strategy to Continue Discriminatory Tactics
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Summer Johnson September 25, 2023 sjohnson@riesterinfluence.com PATIENTS...Read more
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Wilcox: A Bipartisan Victory for Patients to Ban Discriminatory Metrics Congressional Subcommittee Agrees: Patient Lives are WORTH IT
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 8, 2023 Contact: Summer Johnson sjohnsonn@riesterpublicaffairs.com WASHINGTON, DC – Patients Rising NOW Co-founder and CEO Terry Wilcox issued the following statement today regarding the passage of H.R. 485, the Protecting Health...Read more
Patients Rising Now Sends Letter to EEOC on the QALY
Patients Rising Now sent a letter to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) regarding the release of its draft Strategic Enforcement Plan (SEP). The draft SEP outlined several new policy changes to enhance protections for employees from vulnerable...Read more
Patients Rising Now Weighs in on House E&C QALY Hearing
The House Energy and Commerce (E&C) Health Subcommittee held a hearing on banning the use of the Quality-Adjusted Life Year (QALY) in Federal health programs. The Protecting Health Care for All Patients Act (H.R.485) was recently reintroduced by Chairwoman Rodgers...Read more
Terry Wilcox Applauds QALY Ban Bill
WASHINGTON — Patients Rising Executive Director Terry Wilcox today released the following statement regarding the introduction of The Protecting Health Care for All Patients Act by Reps. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05), Jim Banks (IN-03) and Brad Wenstrup (OH-02). The...Read more
Patients Rising Podcast Episode 26: Calculating the Value of Patient Lives
On this week’s episode of the podcast, Terry and Bob discuss how a Boston nonprofit called the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) threatens healthcare for millions of Americans with chronic diseases. Terry and Bob discussed the pernicious...Read more