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PFCD in the States

In order to communicate the importance of chronic disease, PFCD is on the campaign trail with the candidates in the states.

NCD with CED is not the path forward for patients and families managing Alzheimer's Disease or other related dementias
INFOGRAPHIC - Leaving Medicare Beneficiaries in Limbo   INFOGRAPHIC - The Long Road to Treatment: Medicare's CED Clinical Trial Policy    INFOGRAPHIC - Patient Registries...
U.S. Burden of Neurodegenerative Disease
Neurodegenerative disease arises when nerve cells in the brain or other parts of the nervous system lose function and eventually die. Currently available treatments may relieve some of the associated symptoms, but there...
National Pandemic Preparedness Strategy Statement of Principles
To anticipate and prepare for future pandemics, the United States needs to develop an effective National Pandemic Preparedness Strategy (NPPS) focused not only on the infectious pathogen, but also resulting,...
Quantifying Impact of Accelerated Approval Drugs on Medicaid Spending: De Minimus Impact, Maximum Attention
States seek to limit coverage of drugs approved through the FDA’s accelerated approval pathway designed to accelerate availability of medications that treat serious or life-threatening conditions...
COVID-19 Informational Resources for High-Risk Groups
PFCD INFOGRAPHICS:  COVID-19 EXPOSES HEALTH SYSTEM FLAWS, RAISES RISK FOR MANY CHRONIC DISEASE AND COVID-19: Who's at Risk and How to Prepare  ENFERMEDADES CRÓNICAS Y COVID-19: ¿Quién está en...
What Accounts for the Growth in Private Health Insurance Spending?
Hospital care is the largest contributor to commercial health insurance spending growth, accounting for 42% of the increase since 2016. The growth in spending due to hospitals is more than twice that of the growth due...
Framework to Address High Cost Burden for People with Serious Chronic Conditions
Advocates for people living with serious chronic illnesses share concerns about increasingly unreasonable cost-sharing required of patients to access recommended and needed care.  To facilitate positive change, a...
The Challenges Of High-Deductible Plans For Chronically Ill People
Kenneth E. Thorpe, Kimberly Calder, Anna Hyde, Laura E. Weidner   APRIL 22, 2019   When it comes to health care, the United States is witnessing two fundamentally incompatible trendlines. High-deductible...