- Continue to incentivize employers to provide health benefits to employees;
- Encourage and facilitate the development of a robust and competitive market for individual health care coverage to provide stability for the health care system overall;
- Leverage and encourage innovation by reducing unnecessary and costly mandates and burdens on employer-provided health benefits that limit flexibility;
- Increase transparency of underlying financial transactions and contractual commitments in services provided by health care vendors;
- Aggressively implement value-based payment models with provider input;
- Expand affordable coverage by relaxing regulations on health reimbursement arrangements; and
- Maintain and strengthen ERISA preemption.
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ERISA Preemption and State Laws, Federal Health Care Reform, Transparency, Quality and Cost Containment
This week, President and CEO of HR Policy Association Dan Yager wrote an op-ed in The Hill urging Health & Human Services nominee Alex Azar to bolster the cornerstone of the U.S. health care system—employer-sponsored health insurance. In "To Advance Health Coverage, New Health Secretary Can't Neglect Employers," Yager highlights research from the American Health Policy Institute and suggests HHS and Congress take the following steps:
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