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Ensuring Access to Affordable, Innovative Treatments & Cures

Patients deserve timely access to affordable, innovative medicines, treatments, and cures. There are over 13.1 million people in Florida with at least 1 chronic disease, and the projected total cost of chronic disease from 2016-2030 in Florida is $3 trillion. They should not be faced with barriers to receive the care they need to maintain their health. Legislators in Florida have a number of policies they can pursue to put affordable and innovative medicines and treatments into patients’ hands.

On behalf of patients and families in Florida, we urge state legislators to:

  • Require insurers and PBMs to share the benefit of rebates and negotiated discounts directly with patients at the point-of-sale.
  • Eliminate copay accumulator programs to ensure that all money paid toward prescriptions on behalf of a patient count toward the patient’s out-of-pocket maximum and annual deductible.
  • Streamline Utilization Management protocols, like step therapy, prior authorization, and non-medical switching, to ensure patients access to the right medicines at the right time.
  • Ensure federal and state programs designed to support patients work as originally intended – to improve access and health equity for the communities served.

On behalf of Florida’s most vulnerable citizens, we are seeking legislative action to address concerns in the areas of:

  • streamlining step therapy and fail first protocols;
  • simplified prior authorization;
  • protection against discriminatory plan designs;
  • providing continuity of care for stable patients;
  • and, offering an appeals process for medical exceptions.

If you are interested in getting involved with the Patient Access for Florida campaign:

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Patient Access for Florida unites voices committed patient-first policies to ensure timely access to innovative, affordable medications, treatments, and cures. The coalition unites all types of stakeholders – patients, healthcare professionals, and business organizations – to ensure a unified strategy to address these issues.

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