On Wednesday morning, the House passed H.R. 485, the Protecting Care for All Patients Act, which bans the use of Quality-Adjusted Life Years (QALYs) in federal health programs. Bill Smith, a Senior Fellow at the Pioneer Institute, discusses what this means for patients and what the bill could mean for the future.

Patients Rising has been pushing for a QALY ban for a long time and remains committed to working with all parties in the Senate to ensure all patients are valued equally in the eyes of the federal government.

House Committee on Energy & Commerce Press Release: House Votes to Ban Metric Used to Deny Care for People with Disabilities and Chronic Illnesses