- Support medical research
- Maintain robust benefit design and patient protections in any repeal/replacement of the Affordable Care Act, particularly for children and the underserved population.
- Support competition and incentives for the development of innovative cures and treatments, and precision medicine.
- Support appropriate reform of the U.S Veterans Affairs Health Administration and support our nation’s veterans.
- Support the improvement and maintenance of a strong clinical trials process in the U.S. That process should include:
- Patient engagement on clinical trials at the earliest phase, and in the design of the trial
- Patient awareness. Clinical trials should be listed and advertised in such manner that patients are informed and aware of them and the benefit
- Accessibility. Clinical trials should be made reasonably accessible to all patients, regardless of socio-economic status
- Availability of data. Researchers should have reasonable access to data obtained from clinical trials. As long as no violation of HIPPA occurs, and the patient provides consent, non-identifiable data from clinical trials should be readily available to researchers
- Appropriate patient-centric Medicare reforms. Efforts to modernize the 340B program and curb abuses so it can continue to serve uninsured and indigent populations
- Support reasonable reforms of our nation’s health care system that have bi-partisan support and that incorporate the input and advice of patient advocate organizations in America.