The Department of Labor recently posted to its website the final reports from the three topics (facilitating lifetime plan participation, outsourcing employee benefit plan services, and pharmacy benefit managers (PBM) compensation and fee disclosure) the ERISA Advisory Council in 2014 studied and made recommendations for the DOL’s consideration.
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HHS Secretary Burwell Sets Value-Based Goals for Medicare Payments
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Supreme Court Strikes Down Yard-Man and the 6th Circuit Court’s Stranglehold on Retiree Health Benefits
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Report Examines Health Care Cost Variations in Knee and Hip Replacement
Some hospitals across the U.S. charge tens of thousands of dollars more than others for the same medical procedures, even within the same metropolitan market, and their cost can vary by as much as 313%, depending on where the surgeries are performed, according to a report by the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association and Blue …
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ACA Discussion Absent in State of the Union Address, but Where Does that Leave Us?
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House Approves Legislation to Change Definition of Full-Time Employee
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ERIC Files Comment Letter on Draft Forms and Instructions for ACA Reporting
ERIC filed comments with the Treasury Department and IRS on the draft forms and instructions for the ACA reporting requirements applicable to health plan coverage offered under employer-sponsored plans.
ERIC Joins Letter to Congress Honoring the 40th Anniversary of ERISA
ERIC joined a number of organizations in submitting a letter to Congress honoring the 40th anniversary of ERISA. The letter explains that the signers are committed to working with Congress and the Executive branch to ensure that ERISA continues to provide a voluntary and flexible employer-provided retirement plan system that benefits American workers. The …
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ERIC Urges U.S. Supreme Court to Reverse Sixth Circuit Ruling on Retiree Health Vesting
ERIC filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in M&G Polymers v. Tackett.
ERIC Files Amicus Brief in U.S. Supreme Court on Retiree Health Vesting Case
ERIC on July 24 filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in the M&G Polymers v. Tackett case. The brief was prepared jointly by Kirkland & Ellis LLP and Proskauer Rose LLP. ERIC was joined by the American Benefits Council on the brief. The brief urges the Court to overrule the Sixth Circuit decision that held that …
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