Step therapy reform bill to aid patient access to medications
The bill, supported by serveral health care-related organizations, sets parameters around step therapy. (Lance Murphey/The Daily Memphian file)
Insurance companies often require patients to try other, perhaps less effective, treatments before covering what is prescribed by their doctor.
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Aisling Mäki covers health care, banking and finance, technology and professions. After launching her career in news two decades ago, she worked in public relations for almost a decade before returning to journalism in 2022.
As a health care reporter, she’s collaborated with The Carter Center, earned awards from the Associated Press and Society of Professional Journalists and won a 2024 Tennessee Press Association first-place prize for her series on discrepancies in Shelby County life expectancy by ZIP code.
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