ERIC has been busy working to ensure telehealth state laws do not create additional patchworks in legislation or barriers to access of care. This week, ERIC has provided guidance to lawmakers in Idaho and Massachusetts.
Miscellaneous Archives:
Transparency Has the Ability to Transform the Health Care System for the Better
ERIC filed comments today on the HHS’s proposed regulations relating to transparency in health coverage. The regulations would require health plans and health insurance issuers to disclose of out-of-pocket costs and negotiated rates.
ERIC Weighs-In on Federal Paid Family Leave Legislation
Today, ERIC submitted written testimony to the House Ways and Means Committee on federal paid family leave legislation.
ERIC Takes Seattle Back to Court Over New Employer Health Care Mandate
ERIC has filed an amended complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington challenging Seattle’s Municipal Code 14.28, on grounds that the new law is preempted by ERISA.
Employers Applaud Advancement of the CREATES Act and Transparency Measures, View 2020 as a Transformational Year in Drug Pricing
Employers’ Prescription for Affordable Drugs (EmployersRx) applauded Congress for including the Creating and Restoring Equal Access to Equivalent Samples (CREATES) Act and portions of the Biologic Patent Transparency Act in an omnibus government funding package announced this week. EmployersRx welcomed this legislation and encouraged lawmakers to continue negotiation on comprehensive, transformative legislation that can lower drug costs.
Victory: ERIC’s Decade-Long Fight to Repeal Cadillac Tax is Successful
ERIC has achieved a major legislative victory, as Congress today finally repealed the ACA’s “Cadillac” excise tax on high-cost employer-sponsored health insurance. For the past decade, ERIC has been fighting against the tax year after year.
ERIC Applauds Congress for Protecting Retirement Security
The ERISA Industry Committee applauds Congress for including the SECURE Act in the just passed 2020 spending bill. The Act provides Americans with greater retirement security by delivering a permanent fix allowing workers to continue accruing benefits in frozen pension plans, extending the required minimum distribution rules, and helping with student debt repayment.
Employers Call on Congress: Finish the Job on Surprise Billing, Cadillac Tax This Year
Congress has a bipartisan compromise, ready to go, that would end the surprise medical billing crisis, implement transparency in health care, fund public health programs, repeal damaging health care taxes, and achieve a number of other critical health care objectives. Leaving Washington without getting this done would be a tragedy.
ERIC Joins More Than 1,000 Groups Calling for Lawmakers to Repeal Cadillac Tax
ERIC joined more than 1,000 other organizations in calling for the U.S. Senate to fully repeal the Cadillac tax by passing S. 684, the Middle-Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2019. The bill currently has 63 cosponsors.
Electronic Delivery Allows for Plan Participants to Maximize Their Benefits
ERIC expressed its strong support for the DOL proposed regulation that would allow for the electronic delivery of benefit plan documents and urges swift finalization of the proposal.