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ERIC Victory: President Signs Bill Banning Pharmacy Gag Clauses
ERIC applauds lawmakers and the Administration for coming together and banning so-called “gag clauses” in group health plans and individual market health insurance plans
ERIC Fights for Solution to Multiemployer Pension Plan Crisis
ERIC signed a letter to the Joint Select Committee on Multiemployer Solvency urging the Committee to develop a comprehensive legislative solution to resolve the growing multiemployer pension plan crisis
ERIC Sends Letter to Hill Opposing ESRD Provision in Opioids Bill
ERIC and members of the National Coalition on Benefits sent a letter reiterating our strong opposition to the end-stage renal disease (ESRD) provision in the House-passed version of the opioids bill
ERIC Works to Make Prescription Drug Costs More Transparent
ERIC sent a letter to the U.S. Senate urging lawmakers to support S. 2554, the “Patient Right to Know Drug Prices Act.”
U.S. House of Representatives Should Vote Yes to Delay Cadillac Tax
ERIC sent a letter to the U.S. House of Representatives urging lawmakers to vote yes on H.R. 3798, the “Save American Workers Act of 2018.”
ERIC Supports Legislation to Delay Cadillac Tax
This week, the House is expected to vote on H.R. 3798, the “Save American Workers Act of 2018.” The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) urges you to support this legislation. ERIC is the only national trade association that advocates exclusively for federal, state, and local public policies that support large employers sponsoring health, retirement, and compensation plans
LIDA Update and Closed Plans Relief
Earlier this month, ERIC and two other trade associations delivered a letter to key elected officials on a proposed alternative to the Lifetime Income Disclosure Act (LIDA). As a reminder, the current version of LIDA would mandate that all plan sponsors include on retirement plan statements the annuitized amount of the individuals account balance
ERIC Sends Joint Letter on End Stage Renal Disease to Capitol Hill
On behalf of the undersigned employer groups, unions, health plans, and insurers, we urge you to oppose efforts to shift additional costs for End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) from Medicare to private health plans as a means to “pay for” future legislation
Letter to Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on FAA Bill
As your committee works to produce a comprehensive FAA reauthorization bill, urgent attention is needed to reform the regulation of the air ambulance system in our nation. Without reform, America’s families and health care providers face an increasing and often conflicting set of rules and regulations that fail to provide any semblance of financial certainty when life-saving air ambulance services are employed