Individuals across Maryland, particularly those living with chronic and complex conditions, rely on regular treatments and medications to manage their symptoms, stay healthy, and live fulfilling lives. However, high costs at the pharmacy counter, harmful insurance practices, and other barriers to care are putting critical treatments out of reach for families.
Join us to help Maryland families access the care they need.
Many Maryland individuals rely on financial copay assistance to afford critical treatment. However, health insurance companies are increasingly implementing harmful policies called copay accumulator programs, which block any copay assistance from counting toward an individual's annual deductible or out-of-pocket maximum. For many Marylanders who rely on high-cost treatments, financial assistance is the only way to afford the out-of-pocket costs needed to stay healthy.
Send a message to your Maryland legislators today and urge them to alleviate health care affordability challenges for Maryland families.
Dear [LAWMAKER NAME],
As your constituent, I urge you to support Senate Bill 773 (SB 773) and House Bill 1246 (HB 1246) to lower out-of-pocket health care costs for Maryland families.
Access to critical health care is being blocked for Maryland families as a result of burdensome insurance barriers. Many individuals across Maryland, particularly those living with chronic or complex conditions, rely on copay assistance to afford critical treatments. Yet, insurance companies are increasingly implementing harmful copay accumulator programs that block any financial copay assistance from counting toward an individual's annual deductible or out-of-pocket maximum.
Copay accumulator programs are leading to increased costs at the pharmacy counter for Maryland residents. Over 99% of copay assistance programs are used for conditions with no generic treatment equivalent. Without action from lawmakers, individuals in Maryland will continue to lose out on the treatments they need to live healthy and fulfilling lives.
Please support SB 773 and HB 1246 and protect families by ensuring all copay assistance counts towards an individual's deductible or out-of-pocket maximum. Families across Maryland are counting on you to address unnecessary barriers to health care.
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