<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Psoriasis Cure Now! &#187; Public policy issues</title>
	<atom:link href="http://www.psoriasis-cure-now.org/category/public-policy-issues/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://www.psoriasis-cure-now.org</link>
	<description>Fighting for a cure for psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis.</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:04:38 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2</generator>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
			<item>
		<title>The Top Psoriasis Stories of 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.psoriasis-cure-now.org/2012/01/25/top-psoriasis-stories-of-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://www.psoriasis-cure-now.org/2012/01/25/top-psoriasis-stories-of-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 04:53:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Psoriasis Cure Now</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biologics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Patient Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psoriasis Cure Now]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psoriasis Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public policy issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[psoriatic arthritis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abbott]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Briakinumab]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Enbrel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Humira]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kim Kardashian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Phil Mickelson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stelara]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Top Psoriasis Stories]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.psoriasis-cure-now.org/?p=1761</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Before 2011 becomes a distant memory, Psoriasis Cure Now felt it would be useful to highlight what we believe were the top psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis stories of 2011.  The year included bad news about a promising treatment from Abbott, as well as a psoriasis sub-plot to one of the more ridiculous media sensations<br /><a href="http://www.psoriasis-cure-now.org/2012/01/25/top-psoriasis-stories-of-2011/">READ THE FULL POST</a>]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss></wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Phil Mickelson &#8216;On Course with Phil&#8217; campaign launches for psoriasis, arthritis</title>
		<link>http://www.psoriasis-cure-now.org/2011/03/02/phil-mickelson-on-course-with-phil-campaign-launches-for-psoriasis-arthritis/</link>
		<comments>http://www.psoriasis-cure-now.org/2011/03/02/phil-mickelson-on-course-with-phil-campaign-launches-for-psoriasis-arthritis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2011 04:49:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Psoriasis Cure Now</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biologics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health care system]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public policy issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[psoriatic arthritis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amgen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Enbrel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[etanercept]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nonprofit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[On Course with Phil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pfizer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Phil Mickelson]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.psoriasis-cure-now.org/?p=1723</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re happy to see the Phil Mickelson psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, and RA campaign launch. Go Phil! We hope he is winning again soon.
The campaign is called On Course with Phil, and you can see the site here: http://www.oncoursewithphil.com .
The campaign is owned by Amgen &#038; Pfizer (they market the popular biologic Enbrel [etanercept]). Our only<br /><a href="http://www.psoriasis-cure-now.org/2011/03/02/phil-mickelson-on-course-with-phil-campaign-launches-for-psoriasis-arthritis/">READ THE FULL POST</a>]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss></wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>US government in 2010 maintained record level of psoriasis research</title>
		<link>http://www.psoriasis-cure-now.org/2011/02/16/us-government-in-2010-maintained-record-level-of-psoriasis-research/</link>
		<comments>http://www.psoriasis-cure-now.org/2011/02/16/us-government-in-2010-maintained-record-level-of-psoriasis-research/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 05:49:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Psoriasis Cure Now</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Get involved]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psoriasis Cure Now]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psoriasis Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public policy issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NIH]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.psoriasis-cure-now.org/?p=1720</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The US Government, through the National Institutes of Health (NIH), maintained in 2010 its record level of research funding for psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis.  The total was $16 million, as it was in 2009.  As recently as 2005 the total was just $5 million.
Progress!
Read more about research funding for psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis.
]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss></wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Paying too much for psoriasis creams, lotions, foams?</title>
		<link>http://www.psoriasis-cure-now.org/2011/02/10/paying-too-much-for-psoriasis-creams-lotions-foams/</link>
		<comments>http://www.psoriasis-cure-now.org/2011/02/10/paying-too-much-for-psoriasis-creams-lotions-foams/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2011 19:22:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Psoriasis Cure Now</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alternative/buyer beware/natural]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health care system]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public policy issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Treatment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coal tar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hydrocortisone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OTC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[salicylic acid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[uric acid]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.psoriasis-cure-now.org/?p=1717</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Are you paying too much for nonprescription psoriasis treatments? Many psoriasis patients are paying WAY too much for 2% coal tar and other common psoriasis treatments.
Post a comment below or email us [ info@psoriasis-cure-now.org ] with your most expensive NON-prescription meds; we&#8217;re going to start calling out these overpriced products and their doctor and nonprofit<br /><a href="http://www.psoriasis-cure-now.org/2011/02/10/paying-too-much-for-psoriasis-creams-lotions-foams/">READ THE FULL POST</a>]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss></wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Psoriasis Cure Now has made a big change to how we operate</title>
		<link>http://www.psoriasis-cure-now.org/2011/01/18/psoriasis-cure-now-has-made-a-big-change-to-how-we-operate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.psoriasis-cure-now.org/2011/01/18/psoriasis-cure-now-has-made-a-big-change-to-how-we-operate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2011 00:19:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Psoriasis Cure Now</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Psoriasis Cure Now]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public policy issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corporate sponsors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nonprofit]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.psoriasis-cure-now.org/?p=1662</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We longer accept contributions, grants, donations, or any other funds from companies that market products to psoriasis patients.  We&#8217;re now solely funded by psoriasis patients and their loved ones.  Read more here.  And wish us luck!    
Also, feel free to let us know what you think by sending us<br /><a href="http://www.psoriasis-cure-now.org/2011/01/18/psoriasis-cure-now-has-made-a-big-change-to-how-we-operate/">READ THE FULL POST</a>]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss></wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Jon Lovitz of SNL fame doing ad campaign about psoriasis for Centocor Ortho Biotech</title>
		<link>http://www.psoriasis-cure-now.org/2010/11/22/jon-lovitz-are-you-serious-psoriasis-centocor-ortho-biotech-snl-zucker/</link>
		<comments>http://www.psoriasis-cure-now.org/2010/11/22/jon-lovitz-are-you-serious-psoriasis-centocor-ortho-biotech-snl-zucker/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 17:09:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Psoriasis Cure Now</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Psoriasis Videos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public policy issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Centocor Ortho Biotech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jon Lovitz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LeAnn Rimes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Phil Mickelson]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.psoriasis-cure-now.org/?p=1525</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Jon Lovitz, the 1990s Saturday Night Live actor and &#8220;Yeah, that&#8217;s the ticket&#8221; guy, has been signed by Centocor Ortho Biotech to do a series of humorous videos about psoriasis. The tagline is &#8220;Are You Serious?&#8221; and the website is http://seriousaboutpsoriasis.com.  Centocor Ortho Biotech markets Remicade for psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis; Stelara for psoriasis;<br /><a href="http://www.psoriasis-cure-now.org/2010/11/22/jon-lovitz-are-you-serious-psoriasis-centocor-ortho-biotech-snl-zucker/">READ THE FULL POST</a>]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss></wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Powerful UK health care agency seeks to block psoriatic arthritis patient access to Simponi in Britain</title>
		<link>http://www.psoriasis-cure-now.org/2010/10/06/powerful-uk-health-care-agency-seeks-to-block-psoriatic-arthritis-patient-access-to-simponi-in-britain/</link>
		<comments>http://www.psoriasis-cure-now.org/2010/10/06/powerful-uk-health-care-agency-seeks-to-block-psoriatic-arthritis-patient-access-to-simponi-in-britain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2010 14:59:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Psoriasis Cure Now</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biologics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health care system]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public policy issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[psoriatic arthritis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[golimumab]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NICE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Simponi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UK]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.psoriasis-cure-now.org/?p=1444</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In what may be a look at the future of the U.S. health care system, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) in Britain has recommended denying psoriatic arthritis patients reimbursement for the biologic Simponi (golimumab) in the country’s government-run health care system.
NICE has generated great controversy in the United States, with President<br /><a href="http://www.psoriasis-cure-now.org/2010/10/06/powerful-uk-health-care-agency-seeks-to-block-psoriatic-arthritis-patient-access-to-simponi-in-britain/">READ THE FULL POST</a>]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss></wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>NY moves to limit insurance cost-shifting to patients for high-priced specialty drugs</title>
		<link>http://www.psoriasis-cure-now.org/2010/10/05/ny-moves-to-limit-insurance-cost-shifting-to-patients-for-high-priced-specialty-drugs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.psoriasis-cure-now.org/2010/10/05/ny-moves-to-limit-insurance-cost-shifting-to-patients-for-high-priced-specialty-drugs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2010 19:52:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Psoriasis Cure Now</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biologics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health care system]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public policy issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New York]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[specialty drugs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tier 4]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.psoriasis-cure-now.org/?p=1438</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[New York Governor David Patterson recently signed many new measures into law, including one that could benefit psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis patients being treated with biologics: 
Among the bills signed by Governor Paterson is S.5000-B/A.8278-B, which will codify in law the currently regulatory authority of the State Insurance Department to disapprove requests from insurance carriers<br /><a href="http://www.psoriasis-cure-now.org/2010/10/05/ny-moves-to-limit-insurance-cost-shifting-to-patients-for-high-priced-specialty-drugs/">READ THE FULL POST</a>]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss></wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Take the World Psoriasis Day Challenge</title>
		<link>http://www.psoriasis-cure-now.org/2010/09/20/take-the-world-psoriasis-day-challenge/</link>
		<comments>http://www.psoriasis-cure-now.org/2010/09/20/take-the-world-psoriasis-day-challenge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2010 15:42:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Psoriasis Cure Now</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Get involved]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psoriasis Cure Now]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psoriasis Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public policy issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[psoriatic arthritis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World Psoriasis Day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World Psoriasis Day Challenge]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.psoriasis-cure-now.org/?p=1378</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With World Psoriasis Day coming on October 29, 2010, Psoriasis Cure Now has launched the World Psoriasis Day Challenge, to nudge the day toward focusing on increasing research funding worldwide for psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis.  Check it out and let us know what you think!  Comments are open below&#8230;.
]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss></wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Institute of Medicine report urges &#8220;comparative effectiveness&#8221; research on psoriasis, but beware risk of rationing</title>
		<link>http://www.psoriasis-cure-now.org/2009/06/30/institute-of-medicine-report-urges-comparative-effectiveness-research-on-psoriasis-but-beware-risk-of-rationing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.psoriasis-cure-now.org/2009/06/30/institute-of-medicine-report-urges-comparative-effectiveness-research-on-psoriasis-but-beware-risk-of-rationing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Psoriasis Cure Now</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biologics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psoriasis Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public policy issues]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://psoriasis-cure-now.skybox1.com/latest-news/?p=44</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Psoriasis Cure Now,&#8221; a nonprofit patient advocacy group, today applauded the Institute of Medicine (IOM) for including psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis among its Top 100 health topics meriting priority &#8220;comparative effectiveness&#8221; research, but the organization expressed concern that treatment rationing could result from the research.
The IOM included the use of biologics for treating inflammatory diseases<br /><a href="http://www.psoriasis-cure-now.org/2009/06/30/institute-of-medicine-report-urges-comparative-effectiveness-research-on-psoriasis-but-beware-risk-of-rationing/">READ THE FULL POST</a>]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss></wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>

