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Change to Insurance Process Could Connect Cancer Patients to Treatment Faster
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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Ohio lawmakers are proposing a bill that would eliminate an insurance provision known as “step therapy” for people diagnosed with Stage IV cancer. Step therapy is when an insurance company… Read More

Bill To Change How Insurers Deny Treatments Till Others Are Tried Moves Forward
By: Karen Kasler | NPR
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The bill doesn’t ban so-called “step therapy”, but would allow for exemptions such as if medication causes an allergy or if the patient has already tried the treatment and it… Read More