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Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease Advocates for Solutions Not Slogans for the Millions of Americans Living with and Impacted by Chronic Disease
PFCD’s ongoing advertisements elevate patient voices on oversights of current legislative proposals on truly lowering health care costs   WASHINGTON, D.C. (October 18, 2021) – The Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease (PFCD) today announced a new round of television and digital
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Oct 19,2021
Another Voice: Intellectual property rules enable vaccine innovation
Intellectual property protections help keep the world safe. Getting a drug successfully to market can cost billions of dollars and take several years of scientific toil. Blood, sweat, tears – and money. Fewer than one in 10 products that enter clinical trials are ever greenlit by the FDA. If
OP-ED
Oct 12,2021
Health Care Groups Band Together to Call for Congress, Administration to Support Pandemic Preparedness Partners
“There is much work still to be done to respond to COVID-19 that will likely continue for years to come, but we cannot lose momentum on preparing for the next emergency– the costs of doing otherwise are just too high.”   September 22, 2021 09:30 AM
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Sep 22,2021
Reducing Costs and Fortifying Innovation Can, and Must, Coexist for the Millions of Americans Living With Chronic Disease
September 16, 2021 09:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease Chair Ken Thorpe released the following statement on the Reduced Costs and Continued Cures Act: “This bill is a great improvement over other
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Sep 16,2021
SHORTSIGHTED BORDER POLICY PUTS MILLIONS WITH CHRONIC DISEASE AT RISK OF BLOOD PLASMA SHORTAGES
September 01, 2021 09:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In addition to a detailed letter to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) raising serious concerns over a recent change in federal policy that
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Sep 1,2021
Fixing Potholes Shouldn’t Cost Seniors More at the Pharmacy Counter
July 19, 2021 05:21 PM Eastern Daylight Time WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease (PFCD) has issued the following statement in response to news that Congress may increase costs for Medicare beneficiaries to pay for an infrastructure proposal
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Jul 20,2021
HEALTH CARE REFORM PROPOSALS MUST REALITISTICALLY ADDRESS PATIENT NEEDS
Senator Wyden’s proposal falls far short in pursuit of success on pressing health care needs today and into the future   July 8, 2021 (WASHINGTON, D.C.) The Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease (PFCD) today released the following statement on the recent principles for reform set forth
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Jul 8,2021
NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASE COSTS EXCEED $655 BILLION A YEAR IN MEDICAL EXPENSES AND ECONOMIC LOSSES
Lack of cures combined with minimal viable treatments compounds increasing health and caregiving costs   May 27, 2021 (WASHINGTON, D.C.) The Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease (PFCD) today released a literary review and infographic data on Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (
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May 27,2021
Eliminating Disability Bias
The following Letter to the Editor was published in the May 2021 issue of Health Affairs.   Lisa Iezzoni and coauthors (Feb 2021) exposed what people living with disabilities experience daily: inherent bias within health care due to misperceptions about their quality of
OP-ED
May 17,2021
Biopharmaceutical industry exceeded wildest expectations
By Kenneth E. Thorpe May 11, 2021 Boston Herald    In less than a year after the pandemic began, Americans have access to three highly effective vaccines that can pave the way forward and away from COVID-19, and that number could soon rise, as the FDA considers promising candidates
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May 11,2021

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