Promoting his bill to keep copay bills from skyrocketing for chronically ill patients, Sen. Curt Bramble shared the story of a close friend who died after he could no longer afford his medication.
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Bramble has drafted a bill that he will sponsor this session eliminating copay assistance adjustment policies. Insurance companies claim to use the copay assistance to lower costs for all those who use insurance. This, however, puts a community that is already facing medical struggles at a higher risk of medical issues or even death, said Carlisle.
Bramble's bill aims to address the copay assistance adjustment policy issue. A current draft of the bill would require pharmacy benefit managers to include amounts paid "on behalf of the enrollee by another person" when calculating a deductible or out-of-pocket maximum.similar legislation has been proposed, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. Utah, Bramble hopes, will be the next.
Hepworth told the story of her 9-year-old daughter, Penny, who was diagnosed at 3 weeks old with cystic fibrosis, a life-limiting inherited disease.
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