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1.to provide information and current research for patients and their physicians, and

2. to support advocacy groups for rare, orphan diseases 
3. to promote research on and access to FDA approved treatments to alleviate the suffering and deaths from these diseases, often related to denial of medical treatment due to insurance and other health plan authorization denials, and due to a lack of education about rare diseases and their medical treatment options.

If insurance companies were required to give 2 weeks notice of a pending denial of life-saving medication, the physician would have time to appeal.

If this has ever happened to you, or you fear it might, please join me by emailing the White House asking for a change in insurance company denials without prior notice. 

http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/submit-questions-and-comments

http://www.emailthepresident.com

Maybe together we can make a difference by preventing suffering and saving lives.