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Where is Your HTC?
Advocacy & Legislation, Living with a Bleeding Disorder
Do you need an HTC? A new HTC? Do you need to find one when you travel across the US? Check out the…
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Huge Win for Advocacy Groups as People with Bleeding Disorders See Increased Equity and Access to Behavioral Health Facilities
Advocacy & Legislation, Health and Well Being
The Bleeding Disorders Substance Use and Mental Health Access Coalition, National Bleeding Disorder Foundation (NBDF), and Hemophilia Federation of America (HFA), are…
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What is “Health Equity”?
Advocacy & Legislation, Living with a Bleeding Disorder
Unfortunately, health inequities are a sad reality in the United States health care system. Together with the inheritable blood and bleeding disorders…
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NBDF Celebrates HHS Final Rule Strengthening Protections Against Disability Discrimination
Advocacy & Legislation, Health and Well Being, Living with a Bleeding Disorder
NBDF Celebrates HHS Final Rule Strengthening Protections Against Disability Discrimination Celebrating a monumental victory for individuals with disabilities across the United States. …
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Privacy Please!
Advocacy & Legislation, Living with a Bleeding Disorder
Patient privacy continues to be a huge concern worldwide, especially in the healthcare field, and especially online. The states of Washington, Nevada,…
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The Joy of Lobbying the Senate on Behalf of my Sons with Hemophilia
Advocacy & Legislation, Living with a Bleeding Disorder
How I advocated for the bleeding disorders community on Capitol Hill. by: Joe MacDonald Last Thursday, I visited Washington, D.C., to join my…
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Bleeding Disorders Awareness Month
Advocacy & Legislation, GLHF News, Health and Well Being, Industry News & Research, Living with a Bleeding Disorder
Each March, the community calls attention to inheritable blood and bleeding disorders during Bleeding Disorders Awareness Month. This time gives patients and…
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GLHF Testifies Before the Assembly Health Committee About Harmful Insurance Practices Including PBMs and Copay Accumulator Adjuster Programs
Advocacy & Legislation, GLHF News
Great Lakes Hemophilia Foundation and community advocates spent the day in Madison on February 14 educating legislators and showing support for the Pharmacy Benefit…
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NBDF Government Relations Update
Advocacy & Legislation
Community members and policymakers at the state and federal levels nationwide are starting conversations about copay accumulators, product safety, and more, with…
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Court Overturns Accumulator Adjuster Rule
Advocacy & Legislation, Living with a Bleeding Disorder
Court orders HHS to revise federal regulations permitting harmful copay accumulators In a preliminary victory for consumers, a federal judge in the…
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World Hemophilia Day 2024 Theme Revealed
Advocacy & Legislation, Health and Well Being, Living with a Bleeding Disorder
On April 17, 2024, the global bleeding disorders community will come together to celebrate World Hemophilia Day. The theme of the event…
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WFH Humanitarian Aid Program supports Syrian refugees (Part 1: Karam’s story)
Advocacy & Legislation, Health and Well Being, Living with a Bleeding Disorder
The World Federation of Hemophilia (WFH) provides care to people with bleeding disorders (PWBDs) all around the world—including individuals living in refugee…
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Know Who Represents You
Advocacy & Legislation
Your voice matters! It’s important that policymakers, elected officials, and other legislative staff hear from people with bleeding disorders in order to…
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Court Rules in Favor of Patients Regarding Copay Accumulator Adjustor Programs
Advocacy & Legislation, Living with a Bleeding Disorder
In a major victory for patients who depend on prescription drugs, Judge John D. Bates of the U.S. District Court for the…
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Learn More About Patient Assistance Programs
Advocacy & Legislation, Health and Well Being, Industry News & Research, Living with a Bleeding Disorder
There are several programs and resources designed to assist individuals and families grappling with the financial burden of living with an inheritable…
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National Hemophilia Foundation has a New Name: National Bleeding Disorders Foundation (NBDF)
Advocacy & Legislation, Industry News & Research, Living with a Bleeding Disorder
In 1948, the foundation got its start as simply “The Hemophilia Foundation” – then in 1956, the foundation formally incorporated into what…
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Gene Therapy: One Down, But One to Go
Advocacy & Legislation, Industry News & Research, Living with a Bleeding Disorder
Roche is discontinuing its investigational hemophilia A gene therapy called SPK-8016. (SPK refers to Spark Therapeutics, which is carrying out trials) But clinical…
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New Therapy for Hemophilia B and Inhibitors
Advocacy & Legislation, Industry News & Research, Living with a Bleeding Disorder
Alhemo™ (concizumab injection) is used for hemophilia B patients who have developed inhibitors, which prevent replacement factor IX therapies from working properly….
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In For a Bad Surprise
Advocacy & Legislation, Health and Well Being, Industry News & Research, Living with a Bleeding Disorder
As of 2022, the federal “No Surprises Act” protects people covered under group and individual health plans from receiving surprise medical bills…
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Advocacy Groups Voice Concerns Over Payer Matrix’s Self-Identification as Patient Advocacy Company
Advocacy & Legislation, Industry News & Research
Advocacy groups representing various disease communities voice concerns over Payer Matrix’s classification as a ‘Patient Advocacy Company.’ Read about their viewpoints and…
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Wisconsin All Copays Count Coalition Gains Momentum, Addresses Challenges of Copay Accumulator Adjustors
Advocacy & Legislation, GLHF News, Industry News & Research
In an effort to ensure that all copays count with insurance companies, and address the challenges of Copay Accumulator Adjustors, the Wisconsin…
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Legislation Restricting Accumulators and Maximizers Have No Impact on Premiums, According to a Global Health Living Foundation Analysis
Advocacy & Legislation, Industry News & Research
“Insurance companies assert that restricting accumulator and maximizer programs will cause higher health insurance premiums for everyone, but that claim is false….
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Susan Skinner Memorial Fund Scholarship Program is Open
Advocacy & Legislation, Health and Well Being, Industry News & Research, Living with a Bleeding Disorder
that the call for applications for the Susan Skinner Memorial Fund (SSMF) Scholarship program is now open! Please spread the word among…
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An Alarming Rate of Coverage Losses
Advocacy & Legislation, Industry News & Research
Early data on Medicaid “unwinding” shows an alarming rate of coverage losses for enrollees who may still be eligible. Colorado and Texas…