Health Legislation

On the State and Federal level, legislation is passed every year that affects our access to healthcare as well as the quality and affordability of our health care. We fight for legislation that will improve the health of all adults and children across the country.​

Coalition Letter to Energy and commerce Committee on FDA Amendments act H.R. 7667

May 20, 2022

Representative_____ Energy and Commerce U.S. House of Representatives Washington, DC Dear Representative______, As members of the Patient, Consumer, and Public Health Coalition, we are writing to express our strong support for several provisions in The Food and Drug Amendments Act (H.R. 7667), and our concerns about other provisions that could be improved. The coalition was founded …

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Public Comments on FDA’s Medical Devices Commitment letter

May 10, 2022

We would like to express our substantial concerns with the overall process as well as the shortcomings of the Commitment letter. The negotiations between the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and medical device industry were not transparent and excluded patients, consumers, and other stakeholders.

Coalition Letter to FDA and CDRH regarding MDUFA Reauthorization

May 9, 2022

As key stakeholders, we strongly urge the FDA to hold firm in the demands to strengthen pre- and post-market safety performance measures and surveillance as part of the MDUFA Commitment Letter as you enter into final negotiations with industry. MDUFA performance goals should include metrics regarding safety, and not just speed of review, in order to achieve the FDA’s mission to protect patients from unsafe products and enhance public health.

Public Comments on FDA’s Generic Drugs Commitment Letter

May 10, 2022

We believe that the proposed recommendations must do more to ensure that generic drugs are providing an equally beneficial treatment for patients and consumers. We appreciate the efforts of the agency to work toward those ends, but as long as patients and consumers are excluded from the GDUFA negotiations, the concerns and priorities of these principal stakeholders will also be excluded.

Patient and Consumer Stakeholder Consultation Meeting, MDUFA V Reauthorization

April 26, 2022

It is vitally important that the treatments approved by the FDA are proven to be both safe and effective for all patients. The only way this can be accomplished is through increased diversity and improved equity. There also is a need to improve overall accessibility to information related to medical device development and approval.

Letter to Congresswoman DeGette Expressing Concerns About 21st Century Cures

April 26, 2022

At the recent E&C Subcommittee on Health markup of the 21st Century Cures Act, Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone stated that the Act was “far from a finished product,” and the Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Gene Green said there is “still work to do.”  We agree. Several sections of the Act would lower standards for the approval of antibiotics, medical devices, and most prescription drugs – putting patients at unnecessary risk of injury or death. 

Coalition Letter Opposing the “Right to Try” Law

April 26, 2022

We are very concerned about the controversial Trickett Wendler Right To Try Act of 2017, which purports to help dying patients gain access to experimental treatments that can save their lives. However, patients already have access to the FDA’s Expanded Access Program, which gives patients compassionate access to experimental drugs if their doctor believes it is appropriate and the company which makes the drug agrees to provide it for that use.