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Over 140 Patient Groups Write CMS in Opposition to 'Six Protected Classes' Proposal

1/25/2019

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A group of more than 140 leading patient advocacy organizations sent a letter today to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in opposition to a recent proposal that would establish broad exceptions to Medicare Part D’s protected classes policy. As the letter explains, these changes to the protected classes policy threaten the well-being of Medicare beneficiaries with chronic conditions, cognitive impairments, and limitations in their activities of daily living.  Meanwhile, the groups point out that potential savings CMS could realize from allowing plans to add new, more expansive restrictions on access to drugs in the protected classes would be reversed by increases in costs in other areas of Medicare and lead to undesirable patient outcomes. Specifically, CMS’s analysis overlooks the importance of the costs that could be incurred from disrupting treatment for stabilized patients and restricting access for those patients starting treatment. ​

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