Apr 17, 2023 | Comment Letters, Medicare
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) held a comment period after releasing their initial guidance memo on how they plan to implement the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). Patients Rising Now’s comments focused on two aspects of the memo. Firstly,...
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May 14, 2021 | Letters Supported
We, the undersigned, want to express our support for S0859, a much-needed bill that will protect patient access to co-pay assistance programs many Rhode Islanders depend on to cover significant portions of prescription medicine co-pays. We thank you for co-sponsoring...
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Aug 6, 2019 | Drug Costs, News
One of the few policy priorities that Democrats share with President Trump is reducing prescription drug prices. At his recent State of the Union address, Trump said he wants his administration “to make fixing the injustice of high drug prices one of our top...
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Aug 6, 2019 | Drug Costs, News
Patricia Bernard of Falmouth has unwittingly become the face of American seniors facing high drug costs. Sen. Susan Collins recently invited Bernard to tell her story before the Senate Aging Committee, which Collins chairs. Diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis 25 years...
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Aug 6, 2019 | Copay Accumulators, Copay Assistance, News
What good is my health insurance if my copays and deductibles are so high that it doesn’t offer me any financial protection? That’s the question an increasing number of patients are asking as these costs continue to rise. According to data from the Kaiser Family...
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