WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Sen. Peter Welch issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance Subcommittee on Health Care, cosponsored the Safe Step Act, bipartisan, bicameral legislation led by U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) to ensure patients can safely and efficiently access the best treatment available by improving step therapy protocols. U.S. Representatives Lucy McBath (D-GA-06) and Rick Allen (R-GA-12) introduced companion legislation in the House.
"Having access to the right medication is essential to ensuring patients stay healthy and get the care they need. But too often, step therapy puts insurance company rules ahead of patients' health, delay...