Alan Balch, PhD

In the final part of his Pharma Commerce video interview, Alan Balch, PhD, CEO of the Patient Advocate Foundation and the National Patient Advocate Foundation, explains how understanding premiums, coverage trade-offs, and HSAs remains a major challenge for patients—and for policymakers designing new plans.

In the fourth part of his Pharma Commerce video interview, Alan Balch, PhD, CEO of the Patient Advocate Foundation and the National Patient Advocate Foundation, outlines the financial pressures that make sustained safety net protections a healthcare imperative.

In the third part of his Pharma Commerce video interview, Alan Balch, PhD, CEO of the Patient Advocate Foundation and the National Patient Advocate Foundation, points out that from employer-paid premiums to Medicare and Medicaid subsidies, the US system relies on layered financial support to keep coverage within reach—underscoring how few individuals can realistically pay the full cost of care or insurance on their own.

In the second part of his Pharma Commerce video interview, Alan Balch, PhD, CEO of the Patient Advocate Foundation and the National Patient Advocate Foundation, describes how rising healthcare and living costs are expanding financial hardship beyond traditional eligibility thresholds, while safety-net resources shrink and demand accelerates.

In the first part of his Pharma Commerce video interview, Alan Balch, PhD, CEO of the Patient Advocate Foundation and the National Patient Advocate Foundation, explains how mounting financial pressure is forcing patients to ration care, undermining treatment adherence and accelerating downstream clinical and economic risk.