We can beat step therapy with your help! Next month the Minnesota legislative session starts. Minnesotan lawmakers will be introducing legislation that will curb step therapy protocols. Under step therapy, a patient must fail first on one or more medicines chosen by their insurer before coverage is granted for the drug prescribed by that patient’s health care…
On Thursday, Oct. 12, President Trump signed an executive order (EO) aimed at deregulating several aspects of the health insurance market. The administration’s stated goal was to “improve access, increase choices and lower costs for health care.” The EO was light on details, and its impact is yet to be determined. The order seeks to…
How long will the White House subsidize insurers’ participation in the Affordable Care Act (ACA)? Several states are pushing back deadlines for insurers to submit health insurance rates for 2018. These states push insurers’ deadlines because the insurers need more time. Insurers use state rates to calculate premiums. As a result, Colorado, New Hampshire, Oregon and Kentucky have given…
Nothing is as powerful as a group of concerned citizens visiting their senator or representative. The Advocacy Action Networks are a connection of patients and health care providers. They advocate for legislative solutions to access-to-care barriers to improve the lives of those affected by psoriatic disease. They connect once a month to discuss legislative updates…
In March, we traveled to Iowa to explain to lawmakers the problems step therapy poses for people with psoriatic disease. Also known as “fail first,” this policy gives insurers all the power. Every year, the State Government Relations team travels across the country to educate state lawmakers on the barriers people with psoriasis and psoriatic…
In February, we showed Ohio lawmakers what happens to the psoriatic disease community when they are subjected to harmful step therapy protocols. The National Psoriasis Foundation’s state government relations team has been working hard to improve your access to health care and treatments. Every year, we travel across the country to visit state capitals and…
This March, we will be in Iowa educating Midwestern lawmakers on the pitfalls of Step Therapy, and we need you there. Step Therapy, also known as “fail first,” is a tool used by health insurance companies to control the order in which a patient takes certain medications approved for a given condition. In other words,…