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May 9, 2023

Accessible Air Travel for Patients

Accessible Air Travel for Patients

Paul Melmeyer, Vice President of Public Policy and Advocacy for the Muscular Dystrophy Association, previews the organization’s Hill Day which focuses on Accessible Air Travel; Demeshia Montgomery, President of the new Patients Rising Now Patient...

Paul Melmeyer, Vice President of Public Policy and Advocacy for the Muscular Dystrophy Association, previews the organization’s Hill Day which focuses on Accessible Air Travel; Demeshia Montgomery, President of the new Patients Rising Now Patient Senate, tells us about the importance of patient voices; the Senate HELP committee is set to hold a hearing entitled “The Need to Make Insulin Affordable for All Americans” on May 10th; and our Patient Correspondent is Brandi Privitera from South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District.

Muscular Dystrophy Association Webpage

Senate HELP News Release: HELP Committee to Bring CEOs of Major Insulin Manufacturers and PBMs Together for Historic Hearing to Discuss the Need to Lower Insulin Prices and the Cost of Other Prescription Drugs

 

Paul Melmeyer

VP, Public Policy and Advocacy, Muscular Dystrophy Association

VP, Public Policy and Advocacy, Muscular Dystrophy Association

Demeshia Montgomery

Patient Correspondent, OH-10

Patient advocate who lives with scleroderma.

Brandi Privitera

Patient Correspondent, SC-01

Patient advocate living with fibromyalgia.