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...
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...
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...
Feb 18, 2020 | Actions, Health Insurance
CMS: Don’t Let Insurance Take My Copay Assistance! The Centers for Medicare Medicaid Services has proposed new health insurance regulations that will allow insurance companies to pocket our copay assistance and not count it towards our annual deductibles. We...
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...
