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.
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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ERIC has achieved a major legislative victory, as Congress today finally repealed the ACA’s “Cadillac” excise tax on high-cost employer-sponsored health insurance.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.
The Cadillac Tax is DEAD, the Lower Health Care Costs Act is ALIVE!
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A new FDA Commissioner, A showdown on the House drug cost bills, And more.
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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 Fights Surprise Billing Arbitration Legislation in the Ohio Senate
Today, ERIC advocated against legislation introduced by the Ohio State Senate’s Committee on Insurance and Financial Institutions. ERIC’s testimony focused on S.B. 198, legislation that would end surprise billing in fully-insured plans in the state, using an arbitration mechanism and focused on provider’s billed charges.
House & Senate have a deal on Lower Health Care Costs Act (S. 1895)
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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.
Administration Rolls Out New Transparency Rules
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For ERIC Members – Upcoming Webinar Hosted by Mercer
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