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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health care Legislation Tennessee Legislature Health insuranceAisling Mäki
Aisling Mäki has spent the better part of two decades writing about Memphis. A former digital journalist for WMC Action News 5 and staff reporter for Memphis Daily News, her work has also appeared in The Commercial Appeal, High Ground News, I Love Memphis, Inside Memphis Business, The Memphis Flyer, Memphis Parent, Memphis Magazine and Tri-State Defender.
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