{"id":191132,"date":"2024-06-13T00:27:43","date_gmt":"2024-06-13T05:27:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/06\/illinois-paves-the-way-for-affordable-gene-therapy-access"},"modified":"2024-06-13T00:27:43","modified_gmt":"2024-06-13T05:27:43","slug":"illinois-paves-the-way-for-affordable-gene-therapy-access","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/06\/illinois-paves-the-way-for-affordable-gene-therapy-access","title":{"rendered":"Illinois Paves the Way for Affordable Gene Therapy Access"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/illinois-paves-the-way-for-affordable-gene-therapy-access2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed an executive order to make cutting-edge <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pioneeringminds.com\/frontiers\/dna-editing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">gene and cell therapies<\/a> more affordable and accessible. The order\u2019s primary focus is on treatments for sickle cell disease, a condition that disproportionately affects Black Americans.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Addressing Cost Barriers to Innovation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS) will spearhead efforts to develop new payment models for these transformative but expensive treatments. A newly formed Advisory Council will recommend creating sustainable financing structures, emphasizing models that reward positive health outcomes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed an executive order to make cutting-edge gene and cell therapies more affordable and accessible. The order\u2019s primary focus is on treatments for sickle cell disease, a condition that disproportionately affects Black Americans. Addressing Cost Barriers to Innovation The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS) will spearhead efforts to [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,1495],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-191132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=191132"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191132\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=191132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=191132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}