The Louisiana legislature was contacted by PIPC and others requesting the state avoid policies such as proposed in SB 401 that would devalue disabled lives by referencing measures such as the Quality-Adjusted Life Year (QALY) that have detrimental implications for access to needed care and treatment. As drafted, SB 401 would reference drug prices in other countries, thereby importing their use of QALYs and similar measures to value treatments, an algorithm that devalues the patients and people with disabilities that stand to most benefit from innovation.
PIPC encourages the Louisiana legislature to pause its consideration of this legislation and to consider alternative strategies that are focused on improving affordable access to care for people with disabilities and serious chronic conditions.
Read PIPC's and COGI's comments below.
PIPC encourages the Louisiana legislature to pause its consideration of this legislation and to consider alternative strategies that are focused on improving affordable access to care for people with disabilities and serious chronic conditions.
Read PIPC's and COGI's comments below.
| pipc_louisiana_letter.pdf |
| cogi_letter_to_louisiana_.pdf |
