Many Georgia patients, particularly those living with chronic conditions, need consistent and reliable access to the treatments and care prescribed by their health care provider to manage symptoms, control their illness, and lead healthier lives.
However, insurance barriers and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), or middlemen who work between health insurers and drug manufacturers to negotiate prescription drug prices, continue blocking access to lifesaving health care for many Georgia patients. On behalf of the health insurance plans they represent, PBMs receive significant rebates and discounts from pharmaceutical companies for the cost of medications and treatments, but they don't pass those savings on to the patients who need the treatments. This causes Georgians to pay more out of their own pockets for the health care they need.
Georgia lawmakers must support policies that would help Georgia patients access the care they need and prevent health industry middlemen like PBMs from pocketing drug rebates and discounts. Georgia families are counting on their legislators to take action and increase transparency and accountability into PBM practices.
Urge Georgia lawmakers to improve health care access and affordability.
Join us today and send a letter to your legislators, urging them to support policies that would reform PBM practices and improve health care access.
Dear [LAWMAKER NAME],
As your constituent, I urge you to help Georgia patients access the care they need when they need it by reforming a growing industry of health industry middlemen known as pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) that are blocking access to care.
Georgia patients rely on the medications they need to manage symptoms, control their illness, and lead healthy lives. However, PBMs, who work between drug manufacturers and health insurance plans that they're hired to represent, are putting necessary treatments out of reach for many patients. PBMs receive significant rebates and discounts from pharmaceutical companies for the cost of medications and treatments, but they don't pass those savings on to patients receiving the care. This causes Georgians to pay more out of their own pockets for the care they need.
Studies show that when a patient's out-of-pocket costs increase, they are more likely to abandon the medication they need, potentially leading to exacerbated symptoms, hospital visits, and even higher medical costs down the road. It is critical that you and your fellow legislators take action to lower what Georgians pay at the pharmacy counter for medications by reforming PBM practices and ensuring that patients are receiving negotiated rebates – not for-profit corporations.
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