HR Policy Association 2019 Health Care Lobbying Objectives
Published on: August 1, 2019
Authors: D. Mark Wilson
Topics: Employee Wellbeing, ERISA Preemption and State Laws, Federal Health Care Reform, Transparency, Quality and Cost Containment
- Ensure health care reform efforts do not negatively impact employer-provided health care benefits
- Support repealing the Cadillac Tax and other ACA taxes
- Preserve the tax exclusion for employer-provided health benefits
- Support strengthening the ERISA preemption
- Increase benefit flexibility and the expansion of health savings accounts and health reimbursement arrangements
- Support transparency, alternative health care purchasing mechanisms, and alternative payment models
- Support removing federal and state barriers that inhibit employers from consolidating their purchasing power
- Support proposals to stabilize the individual market that do not impose new costs on employers
- Support incremental improvements to the ACA including full-time/part-time and seasonal employee issues
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