May 1, 2016
Treatments for cancer have improved dramatically in recent decades. The five-year survival rate – the percentage of people with cancer…
April 11, 2016
A physician tells a story in the Alliance for Patient Access’ oncology working group white paper about attending the funeral of one of his cancer patients.
April 8, 2016
Patients with respiratory conditions are often not sick enough to be in critical care but not well enough to deal with their symptoms without consistent intervention. So explains a newly released white paper from the Institute for Patient Access and the Alliance for Patient Access’ Respiratory Therapy Access Working Group.
April 7, 2016
Health insurers who deny patients access to hepatitis C cures could be violating federal law, explains an April 5 letter from the Alliance for Patient Access and The AIDS Institute to Florida’s insurance commissioner.
February 9, 2016
Patients with chronic or serious medical conditions must sometimes work with physicians for months to identify a medication that’s effective for them. But as a new video from the Alliance for Patient Access explains, patients may discover that this trial-and-error process was in vain.
January 26, 2016
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has issued final guidance on how often and at what age women should receive mammograms to screen for breast cancer.
January 19, 2016
Patients diagnosed with debilitating conditions often struggle to pay the high deductibles required for their health plans to begin covering treatment. Now, a product designed by insurers to fill the gap for these patients is on the rise.
October 1, 2015
By Alan Marks, MD, and Mary Ann Chapman, PhD Despite major advances in cancer medicine (oncology), cancer remains a deadly…
July 1, 2015
As many as 5 million Americans are infected with hepatitis C, a virus that is slowly wreaking havoc on their…
October 1, 2014
Historically, cancer care has been protected from many of the insurance issues that have beset other diseases. The life threatening…
