Healthcare Policy Pop
Every Tuesday and Thursday, catch the five-minute Healthcare Policy Pop, a news show covering federal and state health policy updates that impact the chronic and rare disease community.
Recent Episodes
Feb. 8, 2024
QALY Ban Passes House 😎
On Wednesday morning, the House passed H.R. 485, the Protecting Care for All Patients Act, which bans the use of Quality-Adjusted Life Years (QALYs) in federal health programs. Bill Smith, a Senior Fellow at the Pioneer Inst…
Feb. 6, 2024
QALY Ban Bill Progresses
Michael Riotto, a Patient Advocate and member of Patients Rising, tells us how the exciting developments with the QALY ban bill could affect him and his health if it moves forward. Riotto discusses how the QALY negatively af…
Feb. 1, 2024
March-In Deadline Looms
Joe Allen, Executive Director of the Bayh-Dole Coalition, discusses a proposed framework announced by the Biden administration that would allow march-in rights to be used when a company’s drug price is deemed unreasonable. A…
Dec. 21, 2023
Policy Supports to Aging in Place
Dan Weinrieb, the Head of Strategic Partnerships at Jukebox Health, discusses aging at home and the federal policies that need to be improved in order to support it; and Stealth BioTherapeutics is considering giving up on ge…
Dec. 19, 2023
Suspicious CVS Announcement 🤥
Alan Gilbert, Vice President for Policy at Purchaser Business Group on Health, discusses whether CVS’s new pharmacy reimbursement model will provide transparency and decrease drug prices; and HHS has created regulations requ…
Dec. 14, 2023
Why is Telehealth on the Hot Seat?
Kyle Zebley, Senior Vice President of Public Policy for the American Telemedicine Association, warns that the end of Telehealth care could be on the horizon. Learn why and what needs to be done to extend the life of Teleheal…
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