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Health Issues

Increasing access to care by limiting step therapy. Safe Step Act HR 2630, S 652. Lowering out-of-pocket costs for patients. HELP Copays Act HR830, S1375 HHS response to HIV+Hep vs Baccerra law suit. FY 2025 HHS Notice of Benefit Payments and Parameters, copay assistance. Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reform. PBM Transparency Act S 127; Prescription Pricing for the People Act S 113; PBM Reform Act, S. 1339; Hidden Fee Disclosure Act HR 4508. Funding for medical research and education at the NIH and CDC. Biosimliar interchageability. HHS rule on Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that will strengthen non-discrimination protections in health care. Fifth Circuits decision in Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine et al. v FDA et al. Committee on Education and Workforce ERISA RFI: step therapy reform, copay accumulators and maximizers.

TargetedSENATE · HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES · Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS) · Justice, Dept of (DOJ) · Natl Institutes of Health (NIH)

Medicare/Medicaid

HHS FY 2025 NBPP, as relates to copay accumulators. Enforcement of HIV + Hep, et al vs. Becerra.

TargetedHealth & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)