Fallout of No-Fault Reform

Survivors of catastrophic car crashes despair as loss of care due to new no-fault law changes threatens their wellbeing and even their lives

An independent study finds wide-ranging impact of the new no-fault law in just the first few months after implementation. The law brought deep cuts in payments to caregivers for crash survivors.

A high profile member of the Episcopal Church is starting a coalition of faith leaders, to help accident survivors pressure the state Legislature to address the crisis caused by the new no-fault law.

Survivors with severe injuries rallied again, after more than four months of limited response from elected leaders to the crisis caused by Michigan's new auto no-fault law.

Michigan's new auto no fault law is destroying its best-in-the nation system of care for survivors of catastrophic auto accidents. Many could soon get the same "awful" level of care as those in other states.

Republican State Senator Jim Runestad says political indifference to the desperate plight of auto accident survivors with catastrophic injuries is "the coldest I've seen."

A fund to care for catastrophically injured auto accident survivors has a big surplus. The board agreed to send refund checks to Michigan drivers after a request from Governor Gretchen Whitmer.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer has called on the Michigan Catastrophic Claims Association to cut refund checks to auto insurance customers. Whitmer says the MCCA fund has banked $5 billion.

Another provider is closing due to Michigan's new no fault law. Spectrum Health's highly regarded neuro rehabilitation group homes for auto accident survivors with traumatic brain injuries.

Observers say work on Michigan's new no fault auto insurance bill in 2019 was rushed, sloppy, and obscured behind closed doors. But it passed with bipartisan support. Both sides promised to fix any problems with it later. The broken promise is leaving injured people without care.