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Finish the Job – Enact PBM Reform

Carefully crafted, bipartisan PBM reforms were part of the package scuttled in December when Congress was forced to move a simple Continuing Resolution (CR) that expires in just a few weeks – March 14th. As Congress continues to complete the 2024 end-of-year funding legislation, the future of PBMs remains in the spotlight.

ERIC Seeks to Halt Mental Health Parity Rule

Washington, D.C., February 20, 2025 – The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) has asked for a stay of enforcement of the September 2024 Final Rule under the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (the Final Rule) while ERIC’s lawsuit challenging the validity of the Final Rule is pending.

ERIC Shares Employer Priorities with Congressional Lawmakers

Washington, D.C., February 11, 2025 –Today, The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) sent a letter to Congressional leaders outlining the organization’s position on key policy issues affecting large employer member companies that voluntarily provide health, retirement, and other benefits to workers and families across the country.

Why ERIC Sued to Set Aside Unlawful Provisions in the Recent Biden Administration Mental Health Regulations

On Friday, January 17, 2025, ERIC announced that it filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against the U.S. Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and the Treasury (the Tri-Departments) challenging the Biden Administration’s changes to mental health and substance use disorder parity regulations under the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA) and the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (CAA).