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Modern Healthcare: Virginia and West Virginia are first states to ban copay accumulators
Virginia and West Virginia became the first states to ban an insurer practice that prevents drug manufacturer coupons and copay assistance from counting against a plan's deductible or out-of-pocket limit, and patient advocates believe more states are going to follow suit.
So far another eight states are considering passing their own laws to ban copay accumulator programs.
Insurers have increasingly turned to copay accumulators since 2018 to combat coupons and copay assistance cards given out by drug manufacturers to patients. But patient groups have pushed back against the tactic, calling it deceptive.