LANSING, MI — The Michigan Court of Appeals says the 2019 no-fault auto insurance reform law is not retroactive to crash survivors whose accidents happened before the law changed.
The Michigan HomeCare and Hospice Association president and CEO Barry Cargill says lawmakers need to act now to fix the reimbursement schedule mistake in the law, calling the 45-percent reimbursement fee “unreasonable.” He adds the reimbursement cut has led to “a humanitarian tsunami jeopardizing the lives of Michigan’s most vulnerable auto injured survivors and their families.”
Insurance experts in the state say owners of insured vehicles in Michigan may be forced to pay higher insurance rates to cover those expenses. All car insurance holders received refund checks up to $500 per vehicle earlier this year from the catastrophic claims fund, which will likely need to be reimbursed.
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