Our Mission

The Wisconsin All Copays Count Coalition represents patients statewide whose health and finances are at risk from an unfair insurer policy that stops drug assistance programs from counting toward patient deductibles or out of pocket maximums. The result? The copay accumulator policy actually ends up putting more money in insurer’s pockets and forces patients to pay twice for medications they desperately need. On top of that, Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) are burdening patients and pharmacists with hidden and unfair costs. We need your help to stop this from happening!

More than 40 Wisconsin-based and national organizations join these patients in supporting legislation to ensure copay assistance COUNTS for patients in our state and that pharmacists - NOT PBMs - have control over costs to help vulnerable patients.

Let’s face it, many patients struggle daily with their health, especially for those dependent on medically necessary prescriptions. Non-profits and manufacturers have helped ease the financial burden in recent years by decreasing costs - offering drug copay assistance, which has provided much needed relief. However, greedy insurers – now eager to make even more profit – have created an unfair copay accumulator policy that makes sure those copays will no longer count toward insurance deductibles. It’s happening in other states and spreading. That means patients are forced to pay huge up-front costs to satisfy their deductible and get the medications they need. Meantime, the insurers redirect the patient assistance to their ledger, instead of the patient’s, allowing insurers to essentially “double dip.” Let’s be clear - paying twice, isn’t nice, nor is it fair and insurers need to be held accountable! We can’t let them get away with this in Wisconsin because many patients are on fixed incomes and their stories are devastating. Having to choose between paying for your prescriptions or food or even to keep a roof over your head is not a choice people should have to make. Wisconsin needs a law now to make copays count!

WACCC Members

Members of the Wisconsin All Copays Count Coalition include patients from throughout Wisconsin associated with the following groups:

  • Allergy & Asthma Network

  • ALS Association  

  • Alzheimer's Association  

  • American Association of Clinical Urologists, Inc. (AACU)  

  • American Cancer Society - Cancer Action Network  

  • American Diabetes Association  

  • American Kidney Fund              

  • American Medical Association (AMA)  

  • Arthritis Foundation  

  • Association for Clinical Oncology (ASCO)  

  • Autoimmune Association

  • BioForward Wisconsin  

  • Coalition of State Rheumatology Organizations (CSRO)  

  • Coalition of Wisconsin Aging & Health Groups (CWAG)  

  • Community Liver Alliance (CLA)  

  • EveryLife Foundation for Rare Diseases

  • Gaucher Community Alliance (GCA)  

  • Great Lakes Hemophilia Foundation 

  • Hemophilia Federation of America (HFA)  

  • HIV + HEP Policy Institute  

  • Infusion Access Foundation  

  • International Foundation for Autoimmune & Autoinflammatory Arthritis (IFAA) 

  • Little Hercules Foundation  

  • Lupus and Allied Diseases Association, Inc.  

  • Lupus Foundation of America  

  • National Eczema Association  

  • National Hemophilia Foundation  

  • National Infusion Center Association (NICA)  

  • National Multiple Sclerosis Society  

  • National Psoriasis Foundation  

  • Prevent Blindness Wisconsin  

  • Pulmonary Hypertension Association (PHA)  

  • Sixteenth Street

  • Spondylitis Association of America

  • Susan G. Komen 

  • Upequity

  • Vivent Health

  • Wisconsin Academy of Family Physicians  

  • Wisconsin Association of Hematology and Oncology  

  • Wisconsin Association of Osteopathic Physicians & Surgeons  

  • Wisconsin Medical Society  

  • Wisconsin Nurses Association (WNA)  

  • Wisconsin Primary Health Care Association

  • Wisconsin Rare Disease Alliance

  • Wisconsin Rheumatology Association (WRA)