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Advocates Push Regulation on Drug Prices, Medication Access
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A rally at the Wisconsin State Capitol urged lawmakers to pass Cole's Act.
A rally at the Wisconsin State Capitol urged lawmakers to pass Cole's Act, a bill to regulate certain health care industry practices that increase drug prices and reduce patient access to medications.
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Advocates Push Regulation on Drug Prices, Medication Access
Clip: Season 2400 Episode 2426 | 54sVideo has Closed Captions
A rally at the Wisconsin State Capitol urged lawmakers to pass Cole's Act, a bill to regulate certain health care industry practices that increase drug prices and reduce patient access to medications.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>> Reporting from Deerfield.
I'm Elijah Pines for "Here& Now".
>> At the state Capitol this week, advocates urge the legislature to take up and pass Cole's Act, a bill that attempts to clamp down on industry practices that they say hurt patients by increasing drug prices and decreasing access to medications.
>> We need the legislature to get this done this session.
Patients can't wait any longer.
These copay accumulator policies are preventing patients from getting access to needed medications, and that has to stop.
Insurance plans are rapidly adopting these policies, and they are becoming increasingly common.
As a result, more and more patients are reaching out to us with stories about going to the pharmacy counter to pick up their medications and being told they will have to pay
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