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Health industry groups oppose S.B. 207, caution that copier‑coupon mandates could raise premiums
Summary
Witnesses from AHIP, the Ohio Association of Health Plans and PCMA told the committee that a statutory requirement to count manufacturer copay coupons toward patient cost sharing would reward manufacturer marketing, undermine insurer benefit design, and risk raising premiums for all enrollees.
Keith Lake, regional director for AHIP, and Megan Richwine, director of government affairs for the Ohio Association of Health Plans, told the Financial Institutions, Insurance and Technology Committee they oppose Senate Bill 207, which would require health plans to apply amounts paid through manufacturer copay coupons toward insureds’ cost‑sharing requirements.
"Co pay coupons are essentially a bait and switch game," Keith Lake testified, arguing manufacturers use coupons to steer patients to…
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