Coalition for Stable Patients

REGISTER HERE: On 2/28, join us at the Texas Capitol to educate #TXlege and staffers on the importance of co-pay assistance and the harm of insurance access barriers. Sign up here to engage and build support for #AllCopaysCount legislation! conta.cc/3JRfxjj

Your voice matters! Join fellow patients, providers & caregivers in Austin 2/28 for the Patient Access Advocacy Day. #Txlege needs to protect patient assistance and treatment access. Lawmakers must hear from real Texans about their stories! conta.cc/3JRfxjj #AllCopaysCount

When Texans are forced off the right treatment by their health plan, it’s COSTLY → missed work, hospitalizations, additional tests. Join @StblePatientsTX in Austin 2/28 to ask #TXLege to protect patients from these unfair practices. ctt.ec/60bgc+

"If your family helps you with a monthly car payment, the bank doesn’t say, 'You have to make an extra car payment since you got outside help.' That’s what #PBMs are saying to patients who get copay assistance." Chase Bearden @TxDisabilities #txlege #AllCopaysCount

The #txlege can help patients stay healthy. Please allow Texans to stay on the medications that keep them stable @SamHarless126 #PBMReform

Myth: Patients won’t be able to access generics or other alternatives Fact: Patients & their doctors will decide if it makes sense to try a different drug. Non-medical switching protections don’t stop health plans from covering generics or lower priced options #txlege #PBMReform

Texas has many uninsured, but even w insurance, folks can’t access care because copays & #OOP costs are so high. 46% of insured adults struggle to afford OOP costs, according to @KFF. The #TXLege should limit the costs required 4 lifesaving prescriptions. bit.ly/3znq00a

TPA CEO Debbie Garza testified today before the TX House Select Committee on Health Care Reform, providing a brief overview of the prescription drug reimbursement system and explaining ways that #pharmacists can help improve outcomes and lower healthcare costs. #txlege

Doctor @MattieRheumMD gave a master class in how #PBMs are impacting patient’s access to the life-saving drugs they need. #TXLege we hope you’re listening!

#PBMs are essentially taking access away from the patients. #Txlege #PBMReform

“Again, it’s unfortunate, but as speakers before me have said, [about #PBMs] It’s a for-profit business.” - @MattieRheumMD

Chase Bearden @TxDisabilities-the only patient advocate invited to testify before House Select Comm on Health Care Reform @SamHarless126 will share powerful testimony today about how lack of access to care affects all Tx’s -especially our disability community #txlege #PBMReform

From TX Select Comm on Health Care Reform: “Our drug pricing system needs reformed to lower consumer costs & to allow makers of medicines to retain more of a return on investment, paving way for further innovation”Dennis Borel @TXDisabilities #PBMReform @SamHarless126

Doctor @MattieRheumMD just gave a master class in how #PBMs are impacting patient’s access to the life-saving drugs they need. #TXLege we hope you’re listening!

We appreciate @texmed for securing our guest panelists, Dr. Tony Aventa, an Internist from the Austin area, for our Lunch & Learn today on healthcare barriers and how they affect patients. #NonMedicalSwitching #CoPayAccumulators #txlege

Thank you to @GregHansch with @NAMITexas for moderating our Lunch & Learn today @texmed. We are discussing how healthcare barriers impact Tx patients with higher ins premiums & deductibles, switching meds to higher tier & removing meds from formulary #NonMedicalSwitching #txlege

Did you know that #NonMedicalSwitching occurs when health plans impede patients from continuing their prescriptions by increasing patients' out-of-pocket cost with higher co-pays, coinsurance requirements & higher maximums before coverage kicks in? #txlege

Thank you to @KhrystalKDavis with @txrare and @ChaseBearden6 with Texans with Disabilities for serving as two of our panelists at today's Lunch & Learn @texmed on "Understanding Healthcare Barriers & Their Impact on Texas Patients" #NonMedicalSwitching #copayaccumulators #txlege

Excited about our Lunch & Learn at @texmed today with a great group of panelists discussing #NonMedicalSwitching which occurs when people have their prescription meds switched by their health plan for reasons other than medical needs as determined by their physician #txlege

Two-thirds of TX House members voted to reform #NonMedicalSwitching. @KHancock4TX and @SenatorNichols, please schedule a hearing on #HB1646 by @JudithZaffirini and @RepStanLambert to help Texas patients stay healthy and stable on their Rx meds. #TXLege