Jul 18, 2022 | Comment Letters, Copay Accumulators, Letters Submitted
We sent a letter to New York Governor Kathy Hochul urging her not to delay in signing A1741-A into law. A1741-A passed in May of this year almost unanimously in the New York Assembly and Senate. The bill would prohibit copay accumulators and require that any...
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Jul 5, 2022 | Copay Accumulators, Featured, Podcast
On this episode of the podcast, Kate Pecora interviews Keyla Caba, a patient advocate who lives with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. Her son was also recently diagnosed with a chronic disease, and she shares the challenges of being both a patient and a...
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May 20, 2022 | Copay Accumulators
Surabhi Dangi-Garimella, PhD Co-pay accumulator and maximizer programs run by commercial health plans and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) have been designed to counter co-pay assistance programs floated by drug manufacturers. They prevent the co-pay assistance from...
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Mar 24, 2022 | Copay Accumulators, Featured, Letters Supported
ACSCAN-NY has delivered the group sign on letter (in support of the Copay Accumulator Ban Bill S.5299/A.1741) to leadership and the entire legislature. Now that the letter has been delivered, it’s time to take some action! Here are three things you can do right...
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Sep 16, 2021 | Copay Accumulators, Featured, Letters Supported, Massachusetts
Show your support for S. 644 and H.1053 which would ban co-pay accumulator programs in Massachusetts. Many Insurers and PBMs are now utilizing copay accumulators to stop copay assistance from counting towards a patient’s deductible and maximum out-of-pocket spending....
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Mar 26, 2021 | Copay Accumulators, Federal Issues, Letters Submitted
On January 20, the Biden administration issued a “regulatory freeze” memo asking agencies to consider postponing rules that have been published in the Federal Register but have not yet taken effect and open a 30-day comment period. This would allow President Biden’s...
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