Poll Of 1,400 Likely Voters Finds Bipartisan Opposition To Insurers’ Step Therapy Mandates, With Voters Overwhelmingly Trusting Their Own Doctors Over Their Insurance Companies WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 22, 2026) — The Safe Step Coalition, an alliance of more than 225 patient and clinician advocacy organizations co-chaired by the Arthritis Foundation and the National Psoriasis Foundation,…
DetailsA national survey among 1,400 likely voters between August 22-25, 2026, showed that: Read the report below.
DetailsOn January 22, 2026, five CEOs of the largest health insurance companies in the country appeared before the House Energy & Commerce Committee to talk about rising health care costs, reduced access, and the role their policies play in making health care unaffordable for many Americans. In this hearing, Congressman Troy Carter of Louisiana highlighted…
DetailsThank you for your willingness to Step Up for patients and help us convince Congress to pass our bill that would provide people with faster access to the treatment their doctor recommends. This action will take you just a few minutes to complete but could have an enormous impact on convincing congressional leaders to allow…
DetailsDuring the lame-duck session of Congress, members of the Safe Step Coalition will be launching a comprehensive outreach campaign to pressure Congress to include the Safe Step Act in one of the legislative packages that will be voted on before the end of the year. This toolkit provides resources you can use to promote this…
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By: Matt Werbach In 2018, when psoriasis lesions began to show on Seritta Frazee’s face, she decided it was time to take her disease seriously and to find the right treatment. Before then, she’d gotten away with covering her skin, but no one wants to live life in a ski mask. With some other diseases…
DetailsLegislation puts common sense guidelines around insurance industry practice of “step therapy” WASHINGTON, D.C. – April 13, 2023 Today, patient and health care provider groups from across the country applauded the reintroduction of legislation aimed at putting reasonable parameters around the insurance industry protocol known as “step therapy” or “fail first”. The bill (S.652) is…
DetailsCalifornia native Jennifer Pellegrin shares her story on the importance of getting the treatment you need, when you need it. By Jenn Pellegrin Editor’s note: Jennifer Pellegrin is a National Psoriasis Foundation volunteer advocate who is sharing her experience, in her own words, on how detrimental step therapy was to her treatment journey, and why state…
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By Taruja Karmarkar, Patrick Stone, Jennifer Graff The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated Americans’ challenges in accessing much-needed and effective care. One such hurdle, step therapy, requires patients to try a clinically recognized, lower cost first-line therapy before reimbursement for an alternative therapy prescribed by the physician and can delay access to care. Pre-pandemic, experts expressed…
DetailsRecorded June 14, 2019 Learn more about step therapy and current protections that took effect January 1, 2019, that offer patients and physicians a clear process to obtain a step therapy protocol exception. Our webinar will provide a synopsis of those protections and guidance on how they can be best utilized.
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