Cure Sanfilippo Foundation signed-on to a letter to U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Mark Warner (D-VA), voicing our strong support of an amendment to facilitate value-based payment arrangements (VBAs) in commercial markets as part of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee’s forthcoming legislation related to prescription-drug pricing.
The letter, led by the Council for Affordable Health Coverage (CAHC) and co-signed by 14 patient-advocacy organizations, encouraged the Senators to include the VBA amendment.
“VBAs that link payment for medicine with patient-centered outcomes are one tool to help lower costs and promote value over volume. Public and private payers should be provided with multiple options for coverage of these transformative therapies,” stated the letter.
Joining other patient-advocacy organizations, including partner Jonah’s Just Begun, in signing on to the letter demonstrates the wide-spread, patient-community support for the ability of VBAs to help with lowering out-of-pocket costs and improving care.
July 2019 VBA Sign-On Letter to Amendments.
Update: July 29, 2019
While the amendment was not get included in the final legislation passed out of Committee, Cure Sanfilippo continues supporting efforts for value-based arrangements to be included in the final bill language that goes to the Senate floor in the fall. Additionally, we are supportive of the House introducing a standalone VBA bill later this year.