Protect Cancer Medications for People on Medicare

[JoelT]

Cancer ABCs has Launch a National Petition to Protect Cancer, Antidepressant, Psych, Seizure, Organ Transplant Rejection, and HIV-AIDS Drugs

The Trump administration is proposing new cost reduction changes to your Medicare coverage which will limit the drugs available to you. These changes will negatively affect anyone needing treatment in any of six protected classes of medications. These currently protected classes include cancer drugs, antidepressants, drugs to treat psychosis, anti-seizure medications, medications to prevent the rejection of transplanted organs, and HIV-AIDS drugs.
 


The time has come to let our members of congress and the president know that we demand that Medicare continue to protect people with cancer, those who need antidepressant medications, drugs to treat psychosis, anti-seizure medications, medications to prevent the rejection of transplanted organs, and HIV-AIDS drugs.

Patients need their doctors to make treatment decisions, not insurance companies. Our doctors have our best interests in mind; our insurance companies have their own best interests driving their decision making. 


Sign our petition now at:

change.org/p/donald-j-trump...

(Full link, which was originally published as bit.ly/2AznunU added by admin.)

Don't forget to share this petition with your friends, family, facebook and twitter followers

Joel

CancerABCs.org

[Indolent]

Like many Americans, I find this attempt to shortchange Medicare recipients absolutely abhorrent. Personally, I spent over 45 years of my working life paying my Medicare taxes. I honored my part of the bargain. Now that I need them, I expect them to uphold their end of the bargain.

[AussieNeil Partner Founder Admin]

This is the unobfuscated web link which does work. change.org/p/donald-j-trump...

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Replies to this post will be carefully monitored to ensure that Community and HealthUnlocked Guidelines are respected. Some hold that the potential impact of these planned changes will result in pharmaceutical companies lowering their prices, so patients will not be impacted. If you don't agree, you may wish to sign the partition.

Neil, on behalf of the volunteers and admins.

[JoelT in reply to AussieNeil]

Yes, one goal is to lower drug prices, but who will be the beneficiary of the lower prices? As far as I see the only benefits will flow to the insurance companies and not to patients.

If the plan is approved patients will lose drug access and the insurance companies will add to their bottom line

Joel