May 21, 2026
The EACH/PIC Coalition issued the following statement on Most-Favored-Nation-style price-setting policies:
“The EACH/PIC Coalition remains concerned that most favored nation proposals are unlikely to deliver meaningful savings to patients. These proposals typically offer no guarantee that any price reductions will translate into lower out-of-pocket costs or improved affordability at the patient level. Worse, MFN-style policies risk compromising access to care and creating new barriers for patients who depend on stable access to medically appropriate therapies.
“There are better ways to lower costs and improve affordability for patients. Reforms should focus on resolving patient-identified obstacles to care, including insurance design, utilization management, cumulative health costs, and practices that prevent savings from reaching patients. Addressing these structural barriers would do far more to improve affordability and continuity of care than blunt price controls that ignore how patients actually experience healthcare costs.
“We urge policymakers to reject MFN-style price setting and instead pursue patient-centered reforms that target the real drivers of patient costs without compromising patient access to needed therapies. We stand ready to work with Congress on solutions that will meaningfully lower costs for patients and improve access to the treatments they need, like holding pharmacy benefit managers accountable.”
For more information, please visit our website to review the results from version 2.0 of our Patient Experience Survey: Prescription Drug Affordability and Unaffordability, an updated, patient-led analysis of how people actually experience affordability in their daily lives.
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The Ensuring Access through Collaborative Health (EACH) and Patient Inclusion Council (PIC) is a two-part coalition that unites patient organizations and allied groups (EACH), as well as patients and caregivers (PIC), to advocate for drug affordability policies that benefit patients.