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ERIC Urges Michigan Governor to Repeal Tax on Health Care Claims

In place since 2012, the one percent tax on health insurance claims (of both insured and self-insured plans) was paid by plan administrators for medical services rendered in the state to Michigan residents. ERIC had long held that the tax violated a provision of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), which pre-empts state and local laws that relate to employee benefit plans

ERIC Victory! Louisiana Reinsurance Proposal Dead

Louisiana House Bill 472, which we have been alerting you to, can now be considered dead. This bill would have created a reinsurance program (in conjunction with House Bill 246) funded through an assessment on health insurers, health maintenance organizations, group self-insurers, and third-party administrators