Sep 14, 2022 | Featured, Statements
WASHINGTON — Patients Rising Now Co-Founder Terry Wilcox today released the following statement in response to the U.S. House passage of Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act (H.R.3173): “The prior authorization process has become incredibly burdensome to...
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Apr 7, 2022 | Featured, ICER, Statements
Flawed drug pricing approach fails to meet rare disease patient needs WASHINGTON — Patients Rising Executive Director Terry Wilcox today released the following statement regarding the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review’s (ICER) white paper, “The Next...
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Jan 20, 2022 | Featured, Medicare Part D, Statements
WASHINGTON — Patients Rising Executive Director Terry Wilcox today released the following statement regarding the Department of Health and Human Services’ new report on prescription drug affordability for Medicare Part D patients: “Action must be taken to make...
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Jan 12, 2022 | Statements
WASHINGTON — Patients Rising Executive Director Terry Wilcox today released the following statement on last week’s proposed CMS Rule, touted to lower costs for Medicare Part D beneficiaries at the pharmacy counter by giving patients the pharmacy price concessions...
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Nov 8, 2021 | Health Insurance, Press Releases, Statements
HELP Act First Step to Patient-Centric Health Insurance Design WASHINGTON — Patients Rising Executive Director Terry Wilcox today released the following statement applauding the introduction of the bipartisan Help Ensure Lower Patient (HELP) Copays Act by U.S....
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Jun 30, 2021 | News, Statements
There are 144 million Americans with chronic disease at stake. Instead of playing Washington D.C. political games with expensive opposition research collected to shame passionate hard-working patient advocates and advocacy organizations, David Mitchell and Patients...
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