Eight organizations issue statement criticizing Upton Amendment.
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Patient and provider groups urge safeguard for the health and lives of millions of Americans with a bipartisan approach to reform.
Today, the Senate released a new draft of the Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA), including an amendment that would allow insurance companies to offer plans not in compliance with critical patient protections in current law.
The organizations urge continued protections for patients.
The organizations called on Congress to take a bipartisan approach to reform.
My voice plays an important role in managing my cystic fibrosis. Breathing techniques that I have learned as a singer help me perform pulmonary function tests and my voice can signal a change in my health — if I listen to it.
I have faced the continuous need to self-advocate to manage my life with cystic fibrosis, particularly when facing complications post-transplant.
Not only am I a member of the CF community, but I’m also a member of the clinical community — an oncology nurse — and I have had to endure hard lessons to learn to advocate for myself and get the medical care I need.
Proposed policies would impose significant barriers and add burden for people with CF