Patients from across Michigan, and Michigan’s leading patient advocacy organizations, are sharing their personal stories and asking member so the Michigan State Senate to join them in backing legislation that will guarantee insurance companies count all payments made by or on behalf of Michiganders.

House Bill 4353, championed by House Health Policy Committee Chair Bronna Kahle, would prevent an increasingly common practice used by insurance companies and pharmacy benefit managers called copay accumulator adjuster programs that exclude copay assistance payments from counting toward the patient’s deductible or out of pocket maximum.

The bill was approved nearly unanimously in March 2021 by the state House.  Patients access to copay assistance that counts has been stalled in the state Senate for 18 months.

For individuals living with rare and chronic conditions like cancer, hemophilia, arthritis and many more, access to effective treatment is often made possible through copay assistance.