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ERIC Victory: SMILES Act amended, October policy conference health panels, Amicus support for ERIC v City of Seattle
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Surprise Medical Billing Pressure, COVID Vaccine Distribution Update
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Employer Groups File Amicus Briefs in Support of ERIC’s Lawsuit Against the City of Seattle
Today, employer groups filed three amicus briefs in our favor of ERIC’s lawsuit against the City of Seattle.
Michigan Surprise Billing Legislation Amended, Headed to Senate Floor
The Michigan Senate Committee on Banking and Insurance held a hearing on surprise billing legislation: HB 4459 and House Bills 4460, 4990, and 4991. These bills make up the surprise billing package, which seamlessly passed through the House with a vote of 101 yeas and five nays in late June.
Virginia on the Right Track to Curb Surprise Medical Billing
ERIC supports Virginia regulators’ efforts to advance rules implementing the state’s recent legislation to curb surprise medical billing because the rules deter surprise billing in ways that do not increase health care costs for patients.
ERIC Provides Comments on Virginia Surprise Billing Regulations
ERIC provided comments to the Virginia State Corporation Commission’s Bureau of Insurance, in response to their notice “Ex Parte: In the matter of Adopting New Rules Governing Balance Billing for Out-of-Network Health Care Services” on surprise medical billing regulations in the state.
New Survey of Large Employers Highlights Efforts to Provide the Best Health Options for Employees, Obstacles to Lowering Costs
Many Americans are suffering economic hardship and have experienced increased, and unanticipated health care needs due to the pandemic. ERIC has worked with Congress and the Administration to help alleviate some of the pressures on employees.
ERIC Legal Center, PE in Hospitals, Rx Costs, and More
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ERIC Appeals Seattle Employer Health Care Mandate Decision to Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
ERIC is appealing to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to overturn a lower court’s dismissal of ERIC’s challenge to a Seattle ordinance, Municipal Code (SMC) 14.28. The ordinance requires large hotel owners and ancillary hotel business to provide what are essentially City-mandated levels of health benefits through federally regulated employer health plans and, in so doing, runs afoul of federal law.