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Six Protected Classes
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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
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
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)
