Patient Access FL

Patient Access for Florida is a coalition of organizations committed to ensuring Florida's patients have the right medicine at the right time. #FailFirstHurts

[Patient Access FL @PatientAccessFL]

90% of Marketplace health insurance plans have harmful copay accumulator policies.

#SB228 and #HB363 would ban these policies and lower patient out-of-pocket costs.
https://t.co/ivRhYlzMpI

[Patient Access FL @PatientAccessFL]

"This year, copay accumulators have come to the forefront of my awareness. I’d heard the term, but it wasn’t until my 2023 plan had such a program that I realized how it affected my pocketbook. It’s no joke."
Learn more:
https://t.co/7ma9vKBPGz

[Patient Access FL @PatientAccessFL]

Thank you @SenTomWright and @LindsayCrossFL for championing #SB228 and #HB363.

The bills look to ban copay accumulator programs, and would increase patient access to medicine and lower out-of-pocket costs.
https://t.co/uP1EMFxddh

[Patient Access FL @PatientAccessFL]

A U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. just removed a major obstacle to healthcare affordability.

If you use copay assistance to help afford your medicine, these payments will now count toward your health insurance deductible. Learn more:
https://t.co/2H9Zh3RX0f

[Patient Access FL @PatientAccessFL]

"If you are not on an effective medication, there can be unseen damage going on in your brain. And you're not going to get that back."

Learn more about the damage caused by step therapy protocols from @MS_Focus' Kasey Minnis on The @JaniceDean Podcast.
https://t.co/RPe7TdjrqC

[Patient Access FL @PatientAccessFL]

Ohio is one of many states addressing pharmacy benefit managers' anti-patient practices.

Florida should follow their example to improve patient access to medicines.
https://t.co/rQcF4YL42I

[Patient Access FL @PatientAccessFL]

Thank you Rep. @ChuckClemons21 for being a champion for patients with #HB1509.

Holding PBMs accountable is a win for Florida patients, and we hope to see a ban on copay accumulators and rebate reform at the point-of-sale included in this package.
https://t.co/NvTNIx9o5C

[Patient Access FL @PatientAccessFL]

"It allows them (PBMs and insurers) to pocket the assistance that patients are given through charities or drug manufacturers, and still charge us for the same amount."

Read more about how copay accumulators affect Florida patients.
https://t.co/sD1yfpZyWc

[Patient Access FL @PatientAccessFL]

FL legislators can put patients first with a copay accumulator ban, rebate reform, and step therapy reform.

Learn more about patient-first policy reform from @HemophiliaFL Executive Director Fran Haynes.
https://t.co/fQU0B4v0p0

[Patient Access FL @PatientAccessFL]

Patients should not be penalized for using coupons to afford their prescriptions.

Thank you @SenTomWright for your work to make coupons count in FL with #SB46.
https://t.co/X4pFGgfe51

[Patient Access FL @PatientAccessFL]

Trying to rein in "prescription drug middlemen is a little like playing whack-a-mole. Just when you figure out one issue, another pops up."

Read about the need for pharmacy benefit manager reform from @FloridaRheums's Dr. Robert Levin.
https://t.co/ywjWtJySFg

[Patient Access FL @PatientAccessFL]

Studies show that patients abandon their treatment when OOP costs get too high.

Thank you @SenTomWright for your work to lower Rx costs by banning copay accumulators in FL. We hope to see policies like this in the #PBM package. #SB46 #ShareTheSavings.
https://t.co/X4pFGgfe51

[Patient Access FL @PatientAccessFL]

PBMs control 80%+ of drug transactions in the US, dictating both access and Rx prices.

With @GovRonDeSantis work to lower Rx costs, @MS_Focus shares patient-first policies like banning copay accumulators and lowering OOP costs to #ShareTheSavings.
https://t.co/7m2GmwyOqX

[Patient Access FL @PatientAccessFL]

Step therapy protocol comes between you and the guidance of your health care provider. https://t.co/V4E7gA5Wt0

[Patient Access FL @PatientAccessFL]

"A 98-year old man was forced to have three shots in his eyes that weren't doing anything before they would even consider using medication that the doctor wanted to use in the first place."

Learn more about Jack's step therapy story: https://t.co/nG6jEjMlC0

[Patient Access FL @PatientAccessFL]

"Copay assistance is a vital resource for consumers who are struggling to make ends meet and manage a serious, often life-threatening disease.

Congress should move quickly to provide this relief by protecting copay assistance at the pharmacy." https://t.co/PKf6LbLInO

[Patient Access FL @PatientAccessFL]

Copay accumulator programs create barriers to care.

Over 80% of patients who use copay assistance can't afford their medicine without it, yet these same patients are being penalized for it. https://t.co/vfubW9AWrt

[Patient Access FL @PatientAccessFL]

Over 200 patient, provider, and health care organizations sent a letter to the U.S. Senate in support of the Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2022.

Read more: https://t.co/ByHDc5l6Pm

[Patient Access FL @PatientAccessFL]

Without access to innovative treatments, a cure for sickle cell may go to waste. @patientaccessfl partner, the Sickle Cell Association of Hillsborough, recognized policy efforts by @GovRonDeSantis, @KamiaBrownFL45, & @AaronPBean in the @dailycommercial: https://t.co/Y1Q1gk8vPb.

[Patient Access FL @PatientAccessFL]

"Floridians should now be able to get more transparency in drug pricing, thanks to recently enacted legislation" that addresses regulation of pharmacy benefit managers. https://t.co/svIDdU4G89