Feb 14, 2023 | FDA, Featured
Patients Rising Now submitted comments to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on making naloxone available as an over-the-counter treatment. Naloxone is a treatment which prevents death in the event of an opioid overdose and is currently only available through...
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May 1, 2020 | Featured, Health Insurance, News
Medical providers are doing everything possible to fight the coronavirus pandemic. “We’re seeing the incredible commitment of doctors, nurses and other care providers during this public health crisis,” says Terry Wilcox, executive director of Patients Rising, a...
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Nov 8, 2019 | Health Insurance, News
Every year, patients struggle to pick the right health insurance during open enrollment. That difficult task is made harder by insurance companies and pharmacy benefit managers. “Formularies, specialty tiers, prior authorization — health insurance might as well...
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Sep 11, 2019 | Health Insurance, News
Two patients with the same symptoms receive the same treatment at the same hospital.Same bill, right?Patient Patti Joiner learned the hard way that insurance isn’t health care when she visited a Texas emergency room along with her mother experiencing the same flu...
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Aug 6, 2019 | Health Insurance, News
When patients sign up for health insurance, we’re locked into our health insurance plans for a full year. If we stop paying, they stop covering. But, the same isn’t true for powerful insurance companies. In many states, including New York, big insurance companies can...
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