Consumer-Driven Health Care

Updates

protected content House Budget Chairman Ryan Releases Fiscal Year 2013 Budget Proposal

House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) this morning released a $3.5 trillion budget proposal for fiscal year 2013, dubbed… More

EBRI:  Consumer-Driven Health Plans Now Cover 7% of Adult Population

Consumer-driven health plans continued growing at a significant pace in 2011, with 7 percent of the adult population enrolled in a CDHP,… More

protected content San Francisco Revises Its Health Ordinance, Impaling HRAs

Just before Thanksgiving, Mayor Edwin Lee signed legislation to beef up the San Francisco Health Care Security Ordinance (HCSO), a move that… More

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CMS Exempts HRAs from Need to Seek Waivers on ACA Annual Limit Restrictions

According to new guidance from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), certain health reimbursement accounts (HRAs) will not… More

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HSA Providers Subject to Requirements of FinCEN Final Rule on Prepaid Access Cards

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) on July 26 issued a final rule that amends Bank Secrecy Act regulations applicable to… More

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Policy Briefs

ERIC and Over 400 Organizations Express Opposition to House Health Care Reform Bill

ERIC and over 400 other companies and organizations on November 4 wrote to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Minority Leader John… More

ERIC Unveils “New Benefit Platform for Life Security”

CONTACT: Theodore Godbout, Manager, Communications tgodbout@eric.org; (202)789-1400 Washington, D.C., June 13, 2007 -- Today, a coalition… More

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Letters to Congress

ERIC and Over 400 Organizations Express Opposition to House Health Care Reform Bill

ERIC and over 400 other companies and organizations on November 4 wrote to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Minority Leader John… More

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Legislative Documents

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Legislation Introduced to Repeal Limits on Tax-Favored Health Savings for Over-the-Counter Drugs

Companion legislation introduced in both the House and Senate would repeal the provision in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act… More

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Key Republican Senator Introduces Legislation to Expand HSAs and FSAs

Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), who is the Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, on May 26 introduced legislation that would expand… More

Key Health Care Reform Legislative Documents (H.R. 3590 and H.R. 4872)

The House and Senate on March 25, 2010, approved the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act (H.R. 4872), the "sidecar" reconciliation… More

President Obama Signs Senate Health Reform Bill Into Law

Earlier today (March 23) President Obama signed into law the "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act," HR 3590. This bill is the… More

House to Take Up Senate Health Reform Bill, Along with Sidecar Bill

On March 18, Congressional Democrats released the legislative language of HR 4872, the Healthcare and Education Affordability Act of 2010.… More

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State of Play on Healthcare Reform:  the New Senate Bill

This past Saturday the Senate officially voted to proceed to consider HR 3590, the "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act." This vote… More

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Regulatory Documents

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CMS Exempts HRAs from Need to Seek Waivers on ACA Annual Limit Restrictions

According to new guidance from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), certain health reimbursement accounts (HRAs) will not… More

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HSA Providers Subject to Requirements of FinCEN Final Rule on Prepaid Access Cards

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) on July 26 issued a final rule that amends Bank Secrecy Act regulations applicable to… More

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CMS Proposed Rule to Give Consumers and Employers Better Information About Quality of Care

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on June 8 published in the Federal Register a proposed rule that will enable… More

IRS Issues Guidance on Purchase of OTC Drugs after January 15, 2011

The Internal Revenue Service on December 27 issued Notice 2011-5 modifying existing guidance to expand the rules under which health flexible… More

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Government Reports

protected content CRS Provides Update on Health Savings Account Rules for 2012

The Congressional Research Service recently issued an updated report on the rules for health savings accounts (HSAs) for 2012.  The… More

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Additional Resources

EBRI:  Consumer-Driven Health Plans Now Cover 7% of Adult Population

Consumer-driven health plans continued growing at a significant pace in 2011, with 7 percent of the adult population enrolled in a CDHP,… More

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Mercer Report:  Presidential Candidates’ Health Reform Proposals

With health care reform being a top priority among voters in this election cycle, leading candidates from both parties have proposed reforms… More

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Press Releases

ERIC Expresses Concern Over Proposals that Could Undermine Employer-Based Health System

Washington, D.C. -- In a letter sent today to Members of the five congressional committees with jurisdiction over health care reform, The… More

ERIC Unveils “New Benefit Platform for Life Security”

CONTACT: Theodore Godbout, Manager, Communications tgodbout@eric.org; (202)789-1400 Washington, D.C., June 13, 2007 -- Today, a coalition… More

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