Your chance to educate Senators about the Importance of Access to Zevalin in the Community Setting PAL letter
Leading experts prescribe how to make cancer drugs more affordable http://ift.tt/1GF5xh0
snip: "High cancer drug prices are affecting the care of patients with cancer and our health care system," says lead author Ayalew Tefferi, M.D., a hematologist at Mayo Clinic. "The average gross household income in the U.S. is about $52,000 per year. For an insured patient with cancer who needs a drug that costs $120,000 per year, the out-of-pocket expenses could be as much as $25,000 to $30,000 - more than half their average household income."
* A Petition of Congress to address Unaffordable Cancer Drug Prices – Change.org http://chn.ge/1fozGeK
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H.R. 460: Patients’ Access to Treatments Act of 2013 http://bit.ly/1LeTZcW
Text of H.R. 460: Patients’ Access to Treatments Act of 2013 - http://bit.ly/1x6bLsB
Key snip: A [insurance plan] that provides coverage for prescription drugs ... shall not impose cost-sharing requirements applicable to prescription drugs in a specialty drug tier that exceed the dollar amount (or its equivalent) of cost-sharing requirements applicable to prescription drugs in a non-preferred brand drug tier (or prescription drugs in a brand drug tier if there is no non-preferred brand drug tier).
Tips:
Let your lawmaker know you live in their district.
State your issue at the beginning of the letter.
Try not to exceed one page.
Let your elected official know how this issue affects you personally.
In closing, ask for a written response to document your lawmaker's positions.