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SPEAC held first meeting with cancer advocates in Springfield, Illinois to discuss how to work together to ensure Illinois' state health exchange offers affordable access to comprehensive cancer care. |
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This summer the IMF formed the State Patients Equal Access Coalition (SPEAC), which is a patient-focused coalition working collaboratively to ensure that cancer patients have appropriate access to a broad range of approved and medically-accepted anticancer regimens. |
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The IMF Advocacy Team has seen major growth this year with two new additions. We are proud to announce that because of our team growth we have been able to expand our reach to help myeloma patients around the world get access to the treatments they need. |
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"My role as a myeloma specialist is to treat patients with the newest, most-effective treatments," said Dr Arthur Molina, Ochsner’s Director of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Hematological
Malignancies. "I am concerned when patients tell me they would rather have an older, less tolerable drug because
their insurance plan will reimburse them at a higher rate." |
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