Aug 2, 2020 | Drug Costs, Featured, Podcast
On this week’s episode of the Patient’s Rising podcast, Terry and Bob discuss President Trump’s executive orders on prescription drug prices. Recently, Trump signed a series of Executive Orders that direct U.S. Health and Human Services to take steps...
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Mar 19, 2020 | Copay Assistance, Featured, Federal Issues, News
Patients are getting some big-name support on Capitol Hill in the fight to block health care regulations that would increase patient out-of-pocket insurance costs in 2021. Seventy-two members of the House of Representatives are calling on U.S. Department of Health and...
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Feb 22, 2020 | Copay Accumulators, Copay Assistance, Drug Costs, Federal Issues, News
Patients struggling with the high cost of health insurance can expect even higher out-of-pocket costs in 2021, under an insurance regulation proposed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Last month, the obscure federal agency under the Department of...
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Feb 13, 2020 | Copay Accumulators, News, State Issues
Patients in Ohio could gain an important protection from higher out-of-pocket insurance costs. State Representative Susan Manchester, R-Waynesfield, has teamed up with State Representative Thomas West, D-Canton, to author health care reform legislation that will...
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Nov 11, 2019 | Copay Accumulators, News
Here’s the first thing every patient should check before picking a health insurance plan during open enrollment: Does the plan have a copay accumulator? Insurance companies use copay accumulator programs to increase a patient’s out-of-pocket costs, and they are...
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