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Take Action Now: Urge the Administration to Protect Coverage Within Medicare’s Six "Protected Classes"

Dear Catherine,

 

Join advocates from across the country in urging the Administration to protect coverage within Medicare’s six "protected classes."

 

Under a proposed policy from the previous Administration, health plans would be allowed to reduce their coverage of drugs in Medicare’s six “protected classes” — a policy change that could have negative consequences for patients, including those impacted by cancer.

 

The drugs in these six protected classes are often used by patients with serious chronic illnesses, including cancer. Since the cost of using medications within these protected classes may be high, Congress created protections to prevent discriminatory practices intended to limit and/or discourage the use of these drugs.

Please lend your voice to this important issue by urging the current Administration to withdraw the proposed policy and protect coverage within Medicare’s six "protected classes."

Take Action

This proposed policy change could jeopardize the ability of people with Medicare health coverage to medications used to manage serious illnesses such as cancer, mental illness, HIV-AIDS, epilepsy, Parkinson’s, and organ transplantation. Please join the Cancer Support Community's national grassroots campaign to urge the Administration to swiftly withdraw this proposed policy.

 

Take two minutes today and make your voice heard!

 

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