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Advocates are also valuable partners in the tireless pursuit of revolutionary treatments and cures.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-2a8eabd e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child" data-id="2a8eabd" data-element_type="container"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-2ab7937 elementor-widget elementor-widget-720_featured_champion" data-id="2ab7937" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="720_featured_champion.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="featured-champion"><a href="https://votersforcures.org/advocate-voices/patients/rennes-story-life-saving-medications-shouldnt-be-controlled-by-pbms-and-insurers/" style="background-image: url(https://assets.votersforcures.org/uploads/2024/10/renee.png" alt="Renne’s Story: Life-Saving Medications Shouldn’t be Controlled by PBMs and Insurers );" title="Renne’s Story: Life-Saving Medications Shouldn’t be Controlled by PBMs and Insurers " class="news-item"><div class="content"><h2 class="news-title" style="color: #fff;">Renne’s Story: Life-Saving Medications Shouldn’t be Controlled by PBMs and Insurers </h2><div class="readmore">Learn More</div></div></a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-42201fb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent" data-id="42201fb" data-element_type="container" data-settings="{"background_background":"classic"}"> <div class="e-con-inner"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-3e5e6b4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child" data-id="3e5e6b4" data-element_type="container"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-f874899 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image" data-id="f874899" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="image.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <img decoding="async" src="https://votersforcures.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Bandage-Icon.svg" title="" alt="" loading="lazy" /> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-e685633 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child" data-id="e685633" data-element_type="container"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-8561423 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="8561423" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default">Patients</h2> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-0b8f781 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="0b8f781" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <p>Everything we do is about patients. 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