In this episode, five passionate advocates reflect on their trip to DC, and experts dive into biotech, policy, and innovation.
A must-listen for anyone driven by change, advocacy, or big ideas.
Watch on @YouTube or listen on @Spotify on Monday, 7/21.
Host: @LauraTbonnell
The #MFN policy would leave US patients with the same prices & future generations with less innovation. #Congress must focus on solutions that will truly lower costs, not proposals that will only harm access to care.
The Dutch Healthcare Institute has eliminated certain cancer inhibitors from the basic health insurance package for specific patient groups because of cost-effectiveness issues. #MFNHurtsPatients#ValueOurHealth
Listen to patients - when a patient in the U.K tells us she cannot access the drug prescribed for her arthritis, we should heed the warning against importing their values to the U.S. #MFNHurtsPatients#ValueOurHealthyoutu.be/9tpeRsRdEv4
Heed the warning - when a patient in Canada has to purposely get sicker in order to be deemed “cost effective” for the treatment needed to get better we should be fighting against importing their values. #MFNHurtsPatients#ValueOurHealthyoutu.be/OZsYeSfjPnE
Restrictive pricing controls in Australia for a Cystic Fibrosis treatment has resulted in patients paying $250,000 a year for treatment that is widely available elsewhere. #MFNHurtsPatients#ValueOurHealth
Nearly 90 organizations & counting signed an Open Letter urging policymakers to reject policies that devalue & ration care for any American whether modeled after foreign or domestic value assessment methodologies. #ValueOurHealth#MFNHurtsPatients
Patients deserve timely access to affordable treatments.
It's encouraging to see progress in endometriosis care after so long.
Let's continue to advocate for health equity!
@_ValueOurHealth#ValueOurHealth#IPIHurtsPatients
Patients deserve timely access to affordable treatments.
It's encouraging to see progress in endometriosis care after so long.
Let's continue to advocate for health equity!
@_ValueOurHealth#ValueOurHealth#IPIHurtsPatients
An endometriosis treatment will finally become available under the PBS, representing the first new affordable treatment for the condition in 30 years. Patients should not have to wait decades for costs to be lowered. #ValueOurHealth#IPIHurtsPatients9news.com.au/national/feder…
Restrictive coverage policies often times force patients with rare diseases to turn to crowdfunding and other means of raising funds while the government drags its feet on price negotiations. #IPIHurtsPatients#ValueOurHealthmamamia.com.au/jemma-juckes-c…
The National Institutes of Health is in the initial stage of developing an agency-wide NIH Strategic Plan for Disability Research. Learn more on how you can participate at the upcoming town hall on December 3: dpcpsi.nih.gov/disabilityrese…
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