Families USA Comment on Discrimination on HHS’s Proposed Rule: Basis of Disability in Health and Human Service Programs or Activities

Families USA submitted comments to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on their proposed rule “Discrimination on the Basis of Disability in Health and Human Service Programs or Activities.” Families USA commented in support of HHS’s proposal to ban discriminatory applications of the quality adjusted life year (QALY). We also encourage HHS to clarify in the final rule that other non-discriminatory measures allowing cost-effectiveness analysis using alternative measures that value life extension equally for all patients will be utilized to establish fair prices for drug makers.