Ever been told you have to "fail first" on a medication before your insurance will cover the one your doctor prescribed? That's step therapy. Swipe to learn what it means and what you can do about it.

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NEW Nat’l Poll: 70% of likely voters opposed to #HealthInsurance #StepTherapy mandates; 90% trust their own doctors over their health insurers. zurl.co/oRWZB

Medication. I have Crohn's disease caused by my service in Afghanistan. Health insurance often denies the required meds for my disease because they are expensive. VA doesn't require StepTherapy or difficult authorizations. If my doctor thinks its the best med for me, I get it.

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via Adam J. Fein Ph.D. - The Hidden Burdens of Cancer Care: When Insurers Override Doctors https://www.drugchannels.net/2025/11/the-hidden-burdens-of-cancer-care-when.html #Cancer #CancerCare #PriorAuthorization #StepTherapy #FailFirst

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Illinois bans #StepTherapy along with other profit-driven health insurer bullshit. #HealthInsurance #HealthcarePolicy
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I am tired. I’m now dealing with not one but two health insurance issues for two of my migraine medications that help me control my migraine attacks so I can function. The thought of losing these meds is terrifying. Why do they get to override my doctor?! #chronicpain #steptherapy

.@Capitol_Weekly features @ArthritisFdn & @CalRheum piece supporting #AB374 which would help ensure that treatments are based on the counsel of a doctor, not an insurance company. #steptherapy #utilizationmanagement https://bit.ly/38Qt5s0

Good news #CA patients--#AB347 has taken a step forward to reform #steptherapy & #priorauthorization! TY @drarambulaAD31 @JimWoodAD2 and members of the committee for your vote! #CALeg @MarieWaldron75 @BMaienschein @JimWoodAD2

We submitted a public comment to CMS in response to its notice on "2026 Interoperability Standards and Prior Authorization for Drugs," and we used the opportunity to elevate patient concerns about #StepTherapy, also known as fail-first. Read: https://tetra-orca-7fyr.squarespace.com/publiccomments

In 2021, we published an article in Health Affairs looking at #steptherapy restrictions as it relates to clinical guidelines.

We found that only about 30% of the time, step therapies followed clinical guidelines.

www.healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10....

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Insurers can deny the medication your clinician prescribes, often because of #steptherapy, which forces patients to try “cheaper” meds first and wait for failure before getting the treatment they actually need.

Learn more here: medshadow.org/what-is-step...