Share Your Story

Help Advocate for Better Care

The National Psoriasis Foundation advocates on behalf of all members of the psoriatic disease community to improve access to high-quality, timely, and affordable health care. To facilitate this, NPF interacts directly with state and federal lawmakers to highlight needed policy reforms that would improve timely access to affordable treatments for psoriatic disease. In many of these conversations, lawmakers and their staff want to hear their constituents' stories and how these proposed reforms could improve their lives. This is where you come in. Having the stories of our community (your story) at the ready to share with lawmakers can help demonstrate the importance of the policies that NPF advocates for.

Complete the form below to share your personal story and help NPF advocate for the entire psoriatic disease community.

First name

Last name

City

State

Do you have any experience with step therapy?

Yes

No

Step therapy requires patients try and fail one or more treatments before insurance will cover the treatment selected by the patient and their provider.

Please explain your experience with step therapy, some things to consider include:

• How many medications did you try before the one first prescribed?

• What was the impact to your psoriatic disease during this time?

• How did this impact your mental health, finances, etc.?

• Did you eventually gain access to the medication first prescribed?

Have you ever used copay assistance/copay cards and run into challenges with your insurance?

Yes

No

Please explain your experience with copay assistance, some things to consider include:
• What specific insurance challenges did you experience?

• Had you previously been able to use copay assistance?

• How did this impact your mental health, symptoms, or finances?

Please share any details of your psoriatic disease journey you think would be helpful for us to know. Some things to consider include:

• Initial symptoms and diagnosis

• Access to care (e.g., getting timely appointments, affording treatments)

• Health insurance challenges (e.g., cost, using it to pay for care)

• Current state of your psoriatic disease symptoms

Would you like to be contacted by the National Psoriasis Foundation advocacy team to help efforts to improve access to care?

Yes

No

Email

Phone number

My story may be shared publicly and with state and federal lawmakers.

Yes

Contact Information

Questions?

Reach out to Jason Harris ([email protected]), NPF Vice President of Government Relations & Advocacy.