Patients Rising Initiative Issues Statement on Federal Healthcare Programs and Payer Coverage
November 10, 2021
The Patient Access and Affordability Project Patients Rising Project, a Patients Rising program, recently issued a statement regarding federal programs and ongoing healthcare challenges. Payer coverage decisions that impact access to care, health equity, and lead to excessive healthcare costs all contribute to overburdened patients and poor outcomes. Patients Rising detailed several solutions that would improve transparency, reform financial incentives for payers, and ultimately improve healthcare.
“During the October 20, 2021, Senate Finance Hearing, Health Insurance Coverage in America: Current and Future Role of Federal Programs, the areas where each party agrees to disagree are stark, but the places where change for patients is possible exists. It is our aim to work with Congress to advance patient-centered compromises.” Read more here.
(Source: Terry Wilcox, Patient Access & Affordability Project – Patients Rising, 10/20/21)