{"id":59209,"date":"2020-11-03T13:12:38","date_gmt":"2020-11-03T18:12:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rarediseases.org\/nord-and-coalition-representing-millions-of-patients-urge-policymakers-to-adopt-patient-first-policy-agenda\/"},"modified":"2020-11-03T13:12:38","modified_gmt":"2020-11-03T18:12:38","slug":"nord-and-coalition-representing-millions-of-patients-urge-policymakers-to-adopt-patient-first-policy-agenda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rarediseases.org\/es\/nord-and-coalition-representing-millions-of-patients-urge-policymakers-to-adopt-patient-first-policy-agenda\/","title":{"rendered":"NORD and Coalition Representing Millions of Patients Urge Policymakers to Adopt \u201cPatient-First\u201d Policy Agenda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NORD joined a coalition of 33 other patient organizations representing millions of people with pre-existing conditions to release our top priorities for a new administration. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/rarediseases.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/100-Days-Agenda-Final.pdf\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/rarediseases.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/100-Days-Agenda-Final.pdf\">The 100 Days Agenda: A Patient-First Blueprint<\/a>\u201d is a first-of-its-kind collaboration that outlines specific steps the president and other elected officials can immediately take to protect patients in the first 100 days of their terms in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>The first 100 days of a president\u2019s term and a new congress is a key period when elected officials can leverage post-election momentum to initiate major reforms. Lawmakers have a unique opportunity to use that moment to prioritize patients\u2019 need for quality, affordable health care.<\/p>\n<p>Specifically, the agenda urges policymakers to prioritize patients by:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Preserving and strengthening access to Medicaid, a crucial lifeline that serves 1 in 5 Americans, and removing roadblocks that were created to reduce patients\u2019 ability to obtain health care using this vital program.<\/li>\n<li>Rolling back the expanded availability of non-compliant and insurance-like products, which resemble insurance but provide insufficient coverage and discriminate against those with pre-existing conditions.<\/li>\n<li>Improving access to high-quality coverage available in the marketplace, through extended open-enrollment periods, increased subsidies, and more support to help patients understand their insurance options.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Eliminating surprise medical bills, which are devastating to families and discourage patients from receiving needed health care.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Read &#8220;The 100 Days Agenda: A Patient-First Blueprint&#8221; in its entirety <a href=\"https:\/\/rarediseases.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/100-Days-Agenda-Final.pdf\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NORD joined a coalition of 33 other patient organizations representing millions of people with pre-existing conditions to release our top priorities for a new administration. \u201cThe 100 Days Agenda: A &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rarediseases.org\/es\/nord-and-coalition-representing-millions-of-patients-urge-policymakers-to-adopt-patient-first-policy-agenda\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;NORD and Coalition Representing Millions of Patients Urge Policymakers to Adopt \u201cPatient-First\u201d Policy Agenda&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[232,190,192],"tags":[2537,2540,305,2538,1337,2541,2539],"class_list":["post-59209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-advocacy","category-featured-news","category-patients-members","tag-100-days-agenda","tag-insurance-like-products","tag-medicaid","tag-patient-first-blueprint","tag-pre-existing-conditions","tag-surprise-medical-bills","tag-the-100-days-agenda-a-patient-first-blueprint"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rarediseases.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rarediseases.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rarediseases.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rarediseases.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rarediseases.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rarediseases.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59209\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rarediseases.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rarediseases.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rarediseases.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}