Sign Your Name Now: Help Maryland Patients And Reduce Barriers To Healthcare
Many patients in Maryland are facing the impossible choice of deciding between paying for groceries or affording lifesaving prescriptions. For patients with complex diseases, innovative treatments — including provider-administered therapy — can help them live healthy, productive lives. But high costs, harmful insurance practices, and other barriers are keeping patients from getting the care they need.
Help us support patients in Maryland by reducing barriers to healthcare.
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Dear [Legislator Name],
High out-of-pocket costs and other insurance barriers are keeping patients in Maryland from accessing the innovative care they deserve to live full, healthy lives.
Recently, some health insurance companies have made it harder to afford innovative treatments by enacting copay accumulator adjustment programs which are new programs that prevent patients from counting financial assistance received from manufacturers or nonprofits toward their annual out-of-pocket maximum, leaving many patients with unbearably high medical bills. However, Senate Bill 290 and House Bill 167 will help Maryland patients continue to access the treatments they rely on by requiring that all financial assistance is counted towards any cost-sharing obligations.
As your constituent, I urge you to support SB 290 and HB 167 to ensure that Maryland patients can afford the care they need.
Thank you,
[Constituent Name]
