Putting Delaware patients first: Protecting Patient Assistance Programs

Patients with chronic health conditions in Delaware are seeing a new wave of relief thanks to Governor John Carney, members of the Delaware legislature and more than 40 patient groups. The recently...
Read More
Making coupons count for patients with HIV

Despite having insurance, too many patients with HIV face high out-of-pocket costs for brand medicines. This is largely driven by insurer-imposed barriers that shift the cost of life-saving care onto...
Read More
Copay assistance is a lifeline for patients. So why are insurers blocking it?

In today’s broken insurance system, patients too often pay more for a medicine than what their insurance company pays.
Read More
Accumulator adjustment programs lead to surprise out-of-pocket costs and nonadherence, analysis finds

A new analysis by IQVIA looked at three cost-sharing assistance programs and found that from 2018 to 2020, 25% to 36% of patients discontinued treatment when they faced an unexpectedly high...
Read More
Manufacturer cost-sharing assistance programs can save chronically ill patients hundreds to thousands of dollars annually

A recent analysis by IQVIA shows that chronically ill patients who used manufacturer cost-sharing assistance in 2019 saved hundreds to thousands of dollars on their out-of-pocket costs. IQVIA found...
Read More
PhRMA submits comments to CMS on Medicaid proposed rule

In response to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) proposed rule regarding changes to Medicaid, PhRMA provided feedback on how the changes included would have widespread impacts on...
Read More
Meet MAT: 5 things to know about PhRMA’s new “Medicine Assistance Tool”

Reinforcing our industry’s commitment to providing patients with more transparency about medicine costs, yesterday, our member companies announced the launch of the Medicine Assistance Tool, or MAT.
Read More
PPA celebrates 13 years of helping patients access their medicines

As of 2018, 13 is no longer an unlucky number, especially when it comes to health. This April, the Partnership for Prescription Assistance (PPA) is celebrating 13 years of connecting people who are...
Read More
12 years of the Partnership of Prescription Assistance

Today, the Partnership for Prescription Assistance (PPA) is celebrating 12 years of helping connect patients who struggle with affordable access to the medicines they need. Because PPA serves as a...
Read More
PPA: 2016 in review

More than a decade has passed since the Partnership for Prescription Assistance (PPA) launched. In this time, PPA has helped nearly 10 million patients through its free and confidential program, but...
Read More