ERIC is working with lawmakers to protect and support retirement security for American workers and retirees during and after the pandemic.
Topic Archives:
Statements to Senate Finance Subcommittee Hearing, Priorities for COVID Relief & Other Retirement Updates
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States Should Act Now to Protect Patients from Surprise Billing
ERIC created a one-page policy paper that outlines two simple steps that states can take to eliminate most surprise medical bills, without increasing health care costs for patients, and without causing financial instability to providers.
Vaccine Update, INPUT NEEDED on Hill Proposals, Capitol Hill Letters, Stark/Anti-kickback Rules, PCORI Fee, Diabetes White Paper
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Employers to Congress: Lower Health Costs Before Going Home for the Holidays
ERIC joined 62 groups on a letter urging Congress to take action on a suite of bipartisan, moderate, deficit-reducing provisions that would lower health care costs for patients, improve transparency, and eliminate certain egregious practices in the health care system.
Third Thursday Health Care Call Today, LHCCA Sign-On Request, December Webinars, Rebate Rule Revival
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ERIC Urges Oregon to Clarify the Employer Exemption in its Paid Family and Medical Leave Law
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ERIC Applauds Louisiana Governor for Expanding Access to Telemedicine
Interstate compacts give large employers, like ERIC member companies, the ability to expand their health benefit offerings in the state. Compacts broaden the pool of providers, reducing provider shortages, allowing patients to have more options for accessing care. They also improve market competition and boost healthcare quality and affordability for patients throughout the state.
New Health Care Pricing Transparency Regulation Will Help to Lower Costs
ERIC applauds the Trump Administration for releasing the “Transparency in Coverage” final rule, which will require insurance companies and employers to ensure health care prices are available to consumers.
ERIC Win: Michigan Governor Approves Surprise Billing Legislation
Governor Whitmer signed HB 4459, which will now ban balance billing for out-of-network services that are delivered at in-network facilities, as well as in emergency rooms, and specifies that providers will be reimbursed based on the average negotiated in-network rate in that region, or 150 percent of Medicare rates.