Jan 25, 2021 | Letters Supported, Step Therapy
The American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association (AARDA), other patient advocates and providers understand that UnitedHealthcare intends to move Remicade from preferred to non-preferred coverage in February 2021. This abrupt change by the plan could be disruptive...
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Jun 11, 2020 | Letters Supported, Step Therapy
On behalf of the undersigned groups and the patients these groups represent, we are grateful for the collective actions you have taken to help patients, doctors, and the American people during the global COVID-19 pandemic. To further protect patients, we are reaching...
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Dec 2, 2019 | Federal Issues, Health Insurance, News, Step Therapy
Health insurance companies would no longer be allowed to unilaterally force patients to fail first on cheaper and less effective treatments, under a bipartisan proposal gaining widespread support on Capitol Hill. The Safe Step Act would implement new guidelines to aid...
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Oct 23, 2019 | News, Step Therapy
Insurance companies would no longer be allowed to deny patients in Massachusetts access to their doctor’s prescribed treatments, under a proposal gaining widespread support on Beacon Hill. Earlier this month, the Joint Committee on Healthcare Financing heard heartfelt...
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Aug 6, 2019 | Issues, State Issues, Step Therapy
Decisions about a course of therapy that were once exclusively made by the doctor and patient are now being overturned by a common insurance practice called step therapy, or what is sometimes called “fail first.” Requiring patients to try one or more less expensive...
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