ESCAPE SYSTEM
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Step therapy isn’t a therapy at all. It is an insurance company tactic that often requires you to try one or more drugs before getting the medicine that your doctor prescribed. It’s time to return the decision making to doctors and patients.
OVERVIEW
As part of our Escape the System virtual exhibit, you can experience the frustrations caused by the inappropriate use of step therapy.
Click on each of the hotspots below to maneuver through a maze of roadblocks and experience first-hand the obstacles and the harms people face when insurers restrict access to doctor-recommended care.
At Let My Doctors Decide, we are calling on insurers and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) to adopt our Patient Principles and eliminate disruptive step therapy protocols that exacerbate the problem. The LMDD Patient Principles that put patients first are:
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Patients and physicians should make individual treatment choices.
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Patients should have access to easily understood information about their coverage: what is covered, how much it will cost them personally, and how to get coverage approved for the treatment they need.
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You cannot treat all autoimmune diseases the same, as the responses to therapies vary widely from patient to patient.
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At the pharmacy counter, patients should receive discounts, rebates, and other insurer and non-insurer savings that help make medicines more affordable.
Patient/Physician Stories
Hear from patients and physicians who have experienced these roadblocks first-hand.
OVERVIEW
As part of our Escape the System virtual exhibit, you can experience the frustrations caused by the inappropriate use of step therapy.
Click on each of the hotspots below to maneuver through a maze of roadblocks and experience first-hand the obstacles and the harms people face when insurers restrict access to doctor-recommended care.
At Let My Doctors Decide, we are calling on insurers and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) to adopt our Patient Principles and eliminate disruptive step therapy protocols that exacerbate the problem. The LMDD Patient Principles that put patients first are:
1
Patients and physicians should make individual treatment choices.
3
Patients should have access to easily understood information about their coverage: what is covered, how much it will cost them personally, and how to get coverage approved for the treatment they need.
2
You cannot treat all autoimmune diseases the same, as the responses to therapies vary widely from patient to patient.
4
At the pharmacy counter, patients should receive discounts, rebates, and other insurer and non-insurer savings that help make medicines more affordable.
Patient/Physician Stories
Hear from patients and physicians who have experienced these roadblocks first-hand.
STAY TUNED TO THIS PAGE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT STEP THERAPY AND OTHER ACCESS RESTRICTIONS. KNOWLEDGE IS POWER AND WE CAN ALL MAKE A DIFFERENCE TOGETHER.
RESOURCES
Patient Guide
Escape the System Brochure
Autoimmune Association COVID-19 page
National Scorecard
