07/05/2016

ADVOCATES STILL NEEDED!!!!

Urge your MI State House Insurance Committee Member to Vote Yes on SB 625- The Cancer Treatment Fairness Act

Urge your MI State House Insurance Committee Member to Vote Yes on SB 625- The Cancer Treatment Fairness Act

Advocates are needed to meet with members of the House Insurance Committee to urge them to take action on SB 625 - The Cancer Treatment Fairness Act. Our patients need this bill to pass in order to gain access to the therapies they need at a price they can afford. 

BACKGROUND:

While cancer care has advanced, health plans have begun to impose significantly higher cost sharing requirements for oral treatment even when it is the most effective form of medication delivery.  This can increase overall cost of care. 

The Michigan Society of Oncology and Hematology (MSHO)  strongly supports bipartisan legislation from Sen. Goeff Hansen, SB 625, which would help cancer patients in Michigan access oral anticancer drugs under the same general cost sharing rules that apply to intravenous and injected anticancer drugs.

Forty states and the District of Columbia have already enacted oral chemotherapy parity laws. Help make Michigan the next state to take this important step.

TAKE ACTION TODAY:

If you live in the district of Insurance Committee members, please meet with him or her and urge them to vote yes on SB 625. Stress the importance of this legislation for all Michigan cancer patients. Patients reliant on life-saving oral anti-cancer therapies cannot wait any longer to have this legislation move forward. Tools for advocates and a full list of committee members can be found here.  In-district meetings are already scheduled for the following legislators: