Fallout of No-Fault Reform

Red Wings defensemen Vladimir Konstantinov is one of 18,000 people at risk of losing their care because of changes to Michigan auto no-fault laws. His network of family, friends, and fans are rallying together to help share the cost.

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A survey of car crash survivors finds many have lost care and had other adverse consequences from the passage of the 2019 auto no-fault law.

Survivors who sustained catastrophic injuries from car crashes rallied in Howell on Tuesday, continuing a sustained fight to amend the 2019 no-fault law and restore their lost medical care.

After reimbursements for care provided to catastrophically injured car crash survivors were slashed nearly in half last year, caregiver agencies immediately began to close. A fund set up to help some of them survive has so far helped none of them.

In the first phase of a study by the research firm Michigan Public Health Institute, 1,500 patients with catastrophic injuries from car crashes were found to have lost care due to changes in no fault law. That number has now more than quadrupled to 6,800.

1st Call Home Healthcare has discharged forty patients with severe injuries from car crashes, due to cuts in payments under the 2019 auto no fault law. Options for their care going forward are extremely limited.

The Michigan Court of Appeals heard arguments in a class action lawsuit, Andary v. USAA, that seeks to restore reasonable payments for the care of people with catastrophic injuries from car crashes that happened before 2019.

The Michigan Court of Appeals will hear arguments in class action lawsuit Andary v. USAA, on whether 2019 auto no fault law can cut benefits for patients hurt in car crashes before the law passed.

Republican leaders in the House and Senate have made it clear they will not allow any changes to the state's controversial auto no fault law, despite severe consequences for auto accident victims.