Patients, medical groups call on Albany to limit ‘fail first’ insurance policies
Patient advocates and medical groups on Thursday were at the state Legislative Office Building to support a bill that would curb so-called “step therapy” or “fail first” policies among health insurers.
Groups representing patients with cancer, mental illness and chronic pain appeared with lawmakers to call for a clear and concise appeals process, and limits to health insurers’ right to require that less expensive treatments be used before more expensive ones are approved.