No Fault Insurance Update
This update is brought to you from the Brain Injury Association of Michigan and the Michigan Brain Injury Providers Council, which are both leaders in the Coalition Protecting Auto No-Fault.
As stated in previous emails, CPAN's whip count (vote tally) has Rep. Lund falling far short of having the necessary votes to pass the bill. He continues to work on a sub, but has yet to share anything with CPAN or its stakeholders. We expect Rep. Lund and the industry will continue to have discussions but it's unclear as to when they will reach out to the other side.
We anticipate that HB 4936 will be up for a vote in the House sometime during last three weeks of session Nov. 29 - Dec. 15th, and likely towards the end of the session.
New Materials:
Get Ready to Pay Higher Insurance Premiums Authored by CPAN General Council, George Sinas. Although the insurance companies claim premiums will go down, HB 4936 will actually create a need for many Michigan citizens to buy more insurance and pay higher premiums.
In review and a look ahead, by Kevin McKinney. Click here for his summary and please share with family, friends and co-workers.
Connecting with Legislators:
CPAN is in the process of organizing several Auto No-Fault Town Hall Meetings. Below are the dates and locations, click on the area to get detailed information. If you are from any of these targeted areas, please click on the link and follow the instructions to invite your legislators to the event.
Clinton Township - Monday 11/28/11
Mason - Tuesday, 11/29/11
Holland - Thursday, 12/1/11
Kalamazoo - Monday 12/5/11
Gaylord - in the planning states
CPAN will hand deliver an article that shows the correlation between the uninsured and the unemployment rate to all legislators. In addition, it will include a copy of a feature article published this week which presents a well balanced report on this issue.
Working the issue:
CPAN is holding weekly conference calls with the 26 lobbyists working on this issue to coordinate efforts towards specific legislators and to identify additional educational materials to be handed out.
Media:
Scott Burbary, from One Care Source, Appeared in a TV new segment that aired yesterday on Channel 5 in Flint. The segment focused on the issue of lifetime caps and the cost of care for those catastrophically injured. Click here to watch the segment.
What you can do:
Continue to reinforce our message with your state representative, and
Begin talking to your state senator
Explain how the passage of HB 4936 would result in traumatically injured people having grossly inadequate coverage for their care, rehabilitation and accommodations following an accident.
Great effort over the last week. We continue to be well positioned in the House at this time.
In advance, thank you for all efforts you to take to protect the benefits of the auto no fault insurance system.
How YOU can help - OVER 13,000 letters have been written so far!
Write to your Senator & Representative - tell them your story and how this will affect you. Click on the icon to the left for a direct link.
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