Lawmakers Ask HHS to Drop Copay Assistance Court Challenge (1)

Democratic and Republican senators are requesting the Department of Health and Human Services reconsider its planned appeal of a federal district court decision permitting the use of copay accumulator adjustment programs to help patients pay for their medicines.

The 19 senators, led by Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) and Tim Kaine (D-Va.), applauded a recent decision by a D.C. federal court in a letter to the heads of HHS and the Treasury and Labor departments released Tuesday.

“We are disappointed in HHS’s decision to file a notice of appeal of the decision and HHS’s articulated intention to not take any enforcement action ...