Every Tuesday and Thursday, catch the five-minute Healthcare Policy Pop, a news show covering federal and state health policy updates that impact the chronic and rare disease community.
Healthcare Policy Pop
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Every Tuesday and Thursday, catch the five-minute Healthcare Policy Pop, a news show covering federal and state health policy updates that impact the chronic and rare disease community.
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Recent Episodes
February 8, 2024
QALY Ban Passes House 😎
<p dir="ltr">On Wednesday morning, the House passed H.R. 485, the Protecting Care for All Patients Act, which bans the use of Quality-Adjusted Life Years (QALYs) in federal health programs. Bill Smith, a Senior Fellow at the Pioneer Institute, discusses what this means for patients and what the bill could mean for the future.</p> <p dir="ltr">Patients Rising has been pushing for a QALY ban for a long time and remains committed to working with all parties in the Senate to ensure all patients are valued equally in the eyes of the federal government.</p> <p dir="ltr"><a href= "https://energycommerce.house.gov/posts/house-votes-to-ban-metric-used-to-deny-care-for-people-with-disabilities-and-chronic-illnesses"> House Committee on Energy & Commerce Press Release: House Votes to Ban Metric Used to Deny Care for People with Disabilities and Chronic Illnesses</a></p> <p> </p>
February 6, 2024
QALY Ban Bill Progresses
<p dir="ltr">Michael Riotto, a Patient Advocate and member of Patients Rising, tells us how the exciting developments with the QALY ban bill could affect him and his health if it moves forward. Riotto discusses how the QALY negatively affects him and others in similar situations and what it would mean if it were banned.</p> <p dir="ltr">Patients Rising has been pushing for a QALY ban for a long time and the possibility of this going to the House floor is a big step in the right direction. Patients Rising is also submitting a letter to Congress signed by patients from all 50 states advocating for the passage of this bill.</p> <p dir="ltr"><a href= "https://rules.house.gov/news/announcement/announcement-hr-485-protecting-health-care-all-patients-act-2023"> Senate Committee on Rules Announcement: Announcement for H.R. 485 – Protecting Health Care for All Patients Act of 2023</a></p> <p dir="ltr"><a href= "https://patientsrisingnow.org/advocacy-organizations-support-hr-485/"> Patients Rising Now Webpage: More Than 100 Patient Advocacy Organizations In Support H.R. 485 – The Protecting Healthcare for All Patients Act</a></p> <p> </p>
February 1, 2024
March-In Deadline Looms
<p dir="ltr">Joe Allen, Executive Director of the Bayh-Dole Coalition, discusses a proposed framework announced by the Biden administration that would allow march-in rights to be used when a company’s drug price is deemed unreasonable. Allen explains that the proposal is not how march-in rights were intended to be used and details why it is detrimental to American innovation. </p> <p dir="ltr">Patients Rising was one of the first organizations to publicly come out against this proposal. Information on how to submit public comments can be found below. The deadline to submit comments is February 6, 2024.</p> <p dir="ltr"><a href= "https://www.regulations.gov/document/NIST-2023-0008-0001">Request for Information Regarding the Draft Interagency Guidance Framework for Considering the Exercise of March-In Rights</a></p> <p dir="ltr"><a href= "https://patientsrisingnow.org/national-patient-group-white-housess-ware-on-patients-harms-sick-americans/"> Patients Rising Now Statement: White House’s War on Patients Harms Sick Americans</a></p> <p> </p>
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