Insurers can deny the medication your clinician prescribes, often because of #steptherapy, which forces patients to try “cheaper” meds first and wait for failure before getting the treatment they actually need.

Learn more here: medshadow.org/what-is-step...

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via Adam J. Fein Ph.D. - The Hidden Burdens of Cancer Care: When Insurers Override Doctors www.drugchannels.net/2025/11/the-hidden-burde... #Cancer #CancerCare #PriorAuthorization #StepTherapy #FailFirst

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Variation In Use And Content Of Prescription Drug Step Therapy Protocols, Within And Across Health Plans | Health Affairs Journal Insurers limit the use of certain prescription drugs by requiring step therapy—that is, by allowing access only after alternatives have been tried and have failed. Using data from seventeen of the lar...

In 2021, we published an article in Health Affairs looking at #steptherapy restrictions as it relates to clinical guidelines.

We found that only about 30% of the time, step therapies followed clinical guidelines.

www.healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10....

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Pritzker signs law banning health insurance companies' 'predatory tactics,' including step therapy lllinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has signed into law measures to block insurance companies from shortchanging consumers on their medical needs.

Illinois bans #StepTherapy along with other profit-driven health insurer bullshit. #HealthInsurance #HealthcarePolicy
apnews.com/article/97d8...

Good news #CA patients--#AB347 has taken a step forward to reform #steptherapy & #priorauthorization! TY @drarambulaAD31 @JimWoodAD2 and members of the committee for your vote! #CALeg @MarieWaldron75 @BMaienschein @JimWoodAD2

Eliminate the guessing game in step therapy - Capitol Weekly Utilized by both public and private insurers, step therap...

.@Capitol_Weekly features @ArthritisFdn & @CalRheum piece supporting #AB374 which would help ensure that treatments are based on the counsel of a doctor, not an insurance company. #steptherapy #utilizationmanagement https://bit.ly/38Qt5s0