Policy Supported
Letters Supported & Letters Submitted
Request that Co-pay Assistance Remain Allowable Permanently Under Massachusetts State Law
Co-pay assistance helps to offset the cost sharing imposed by insurers, and allows patients to adhere to their medically needed treatments. They are often the only way patients can access critical medications for a wide array of disease states including, but not...
Letter Supporting COBRA Subsidies
As you continue the critically important work of supporting our patients and frontline workers during the COVID-19 crisis, we are writing to urge you to include in the next stimulus package protections for the health care coverage of employees and employers impacted...
Help Keep Medication Affordable by passing S6303/A8246
New York has a strong record in leading the nation in providing access to affordable health coverage. Despite the strides the state has made in expanding coverage, many New Yorkers, including the insured, still face hardship when faced with prescription drug costs....
Letter to The Honorable Rodney Davis Regarding Copay Accumulators Meeting
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...
Temporarily Prohibit Prior Authorization and Step Therapy Requirements During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
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...
Opposition to Portions of 2021 NBPP Proposed Rule
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...
Billing and Collections Practices of Coffeyville Regional Medical Center
The legal requirement that the welfare of patients is the primary duty and obligation of anyPBM aligns their responsibilities with those of every other state regulated entity inhealthcare. This alignment is good news for patients as is legal standing if a PBM...
PSSNY PBM Support Letter from Patient Advocate Groups
The legal requirement that the welfare of patients is the primary duty and obligation of anyPBM aligns their responsibilities with those of every other state regulated entity inhealthcare. This alignment is good news for patients as is legal standing if a PBM...
Patients Rising NOW opposes HR 3708
Patients Rising NOW has joined a coalition of patients, doctors, policy experts, and providers in opposing HR 3708.
Comments on Drug Pricing Transparency
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.
Urge CMS to Reconsider the Part B Demo
A recent proposal by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) would implement an unprecedented Part B demo that could harm Medicare beneficiaries.Please join our letter expressing our concerns to Congressional leaders. Read the full text of the letter...