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Resource Library

Learn the Facts


Understanding Medicare Part D Six Protected Classes

​Myths vs. Facts - Six Protected Classes

Understanding the Patient Community: Cancer Treatment

Understanding the Patient Community: Epilepsy

Understanding the Patient Community: HIV/AIDS

Understanding the Patient Community: Mental Health

Understanding the Patient Community: Organ Transplants and Autoimmune Disorders
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2024 Medicare Open Enrollment Toolkit 

Congressional Support


June 25, 2024 - Reps. Wasserman Schultz and Fitzpatrick Urge CMS to Defend Medicare's Six Protected Classes During Part D Redesign
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March 3, 2021 – Lawmakers on Mental Health, HIV Caucuses Urge Biden to Rescind Trump Changes to Part D Demo​


April 2, 2019 – E&C and W&M Democrats Ask HHS to Abandon Proposal on Protected Classes​

March 13, 2019 – Sens. Rubio, Sinema Lead Letter Defending Medicare's Six Protected Classes​

March 13, 2019 – Over 70 House Lawmakers Urge HHS To Abandon Changes to Medicare’s Protected Classes​

January 25, 2019 – Bipartisan Mental Health Caucus Members Urge HHS to Abandon Changes to ‘Six Protected Classes’

Advocacy in Action


February 10, 2025 – Leading Patient and Advocacy Groups Urge CMS to Maintain Oversight of the Six Protected Classes in CY 2026 Part D Redesign​

March 1, 2024 – Patient and Clinician Groups Urge CMS to Uphold Six Protected Classes in CY 2025 Medicare Part D Redesign​

September 11, 2023 - 19 Leading Patient Groups Urge CMS for Continuous Oversight of the Six Protected Classes Policy during Part D Benefit Redesign

February 25, 2021 – Over 130 Patient Groups Urge Becerra to Maintain Six Protected Classes Policy

February 10, 2021 – Pharmacy Stakeholders to CMMI: Scrap Trump’s Last-Ditch Effort to Weaken Protected Classes​

February 9, 2021 – Leading Medicare Advocacy Groups Urge HHS to Rescind Trump Part D Demo

April 15, 2019 – Over 220 HIV Providers Urge Trump Administration to Withdraw Six Protected Classes Changes 

January 25, 2019 – Over 140 Patient Groups Write CMS in Opposition to 'Six Protected Classes' Proposal

January 24, 2019 – Partnership Comment Letter Outlines Concerns with CMS Proposal to Weaken 'Six Protected Classes'

Reports & Research


Partnership: New Avalere Report Highlights Access Challenges for Patients with Complex, Chronic Conditions (February 2021)

​Milliman Analysis – A Study of Trends in Medicare Protected Classes (January 2020)

BluePeak Consulting Analysis – Protected Classes (January 2020)

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