ERIC recognizes the complexity, particularly for employers, of the recently released Proposed Rule on Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act, and requested more time to submit comments to the agencies. Read ERIC’s press statement: https://t.co/18SeGmkb5Q

Read more from @PLANSPONSOR on ERIC's recent ask to Congress to reexamine plan sponsor premiums. https://t.co/DmzJynLroP

SECURE 2.0 included a number of changes to ERISA’s notice and disclosure provisions. ERIC’s Andy Banducci was quoted in Bloomberg Law discussing the importance of shaping disclosure rules that work for both plan participants and employers. Read more below.

ERIC commends the Senate Finance Committee's efforts to increase transparency & accountability within the health system and recently joined a coalition with industry leaders urging the Senate to expand their focus to include hospital prices. Read more:

ERIC is producing a summary for members of the Proposed Rules to the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act released this morning. ERIC also created a working group to draft comprehensive comments on the Proposed Rule. Learn more here: https://t.co/EirKMe83Tq

ERIC was honored to join a roundtable discussion today hosted by the Bipartisan Working Group on Paid Leave to highlight the need for relief from a growing patchwork of inconsistent state and local paid leave mandates. Learn more: https://t.co/kIJUnETNFV

ERIC supports legislation that increases competition in the drug market, including the recent “Biosimilar Red Tape Elimination Act” introduced by Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM), Mike Braun (R-IN), and J.D. Vance (R-OH). Read more here: https://t.co/eUj7kRYoUx

ERIC is continuing to advocate on behalf of its large employer members to ensure less burdensome plan administration & SECURE 2.0 implementation, including recommendation letters to the IRS. Read more on the potential impacts of Section 603 for employers: https://t.co/9RmGiijGVy.

Employers are limited by not having access to the information #transparency rules are designed to address. ERIC urges Congress to ensure better transparency & accountability by extending the ERISA fiduciary duty of plans sponsors to their PBMs. Read more👇 https://t.co/7U0GlUd4BH

The Roth catch-up requirements in SECURE 2.0 present recordkeeping and other challenges for large retirement plan sponsors. ERIC joined a coalition of industry leaders to urge Congress and the Treasury Department to delay its implementation. Read more: https://t.co/Xe5pWlFffY

“A more accountable and transparent PBM industry has the potential to save employers billions of dollars.” Read more from ERIC SVP of health policy Melissa Bartlett's recent @EBNbenefitnews PBM op-ed: https://t.co/VUat06mxW0

ERIC is here to help our large plan sponsor members monitor and navigate the state PBM landscape. Read more from @WTWcorporate about how recent state laws regulating PBMs are affecting self-insured group health plans under ERISA preemption: https://t.co/BECjmVEODC.

ERIC’s Andy Banducci spoke about SECURE 2.0 and the compliance challenges facing retirement plan sponsors at the 2023 @PLANSPONSOR National Conference. He was joined on the panel by David Levine from @groomlawgroup. #PSNC2023

ERIC, alongside a growing coalition of industry leaders, sent a letter to members of Congress urging the advancement of the FAIR Act and the SITE Act, two bills critical to preventing dishonest hospital billing. Read more here:

ERIC is proud to endorse the CONNECT for Health Act along with over 150 organizations. The CONNECT for Health Act of 2023 would remove barriers to telehealth coverage and expand telehealth flexibilities. Read more about the CONNECT for Health Act here:

Yesterday, the Biden Administration released its Spring 2023 Regulatory Agenda. ERIC is already working with administration officials and will continue representing our large employer plan sponsors as rules are made affecting the workplace benefits. https://t.co/YknWAxWfKL

Today, ERIC submitted several suggestions regarding health care and retirement benefits following an agency request for stakeholders to recommend items to be considered for the U.S. Treasury Department and IRS's 2023-24 Priority Guidance Plan. Read more: https://t.co/0VDnzLm8xu

Listen to @SeyfarthEBLaw's latest episode of the Take It Or Leave It podcast featuring ERIC’s Director of State Advocacy and Litigation Dillon Clair, where he discusses hot-topic paid leave legislative issues. Click the link to hear the full episode👇 https://t.co/MNOTj6yIcR

ERIC alongside coalition leaders is urging Congress to advance reforms that promote site-neutral payments to ease the financial burden of health care for American consumers, employers, and the federal government. Read ERIC’s site-neutral statement:

Employer-sponsored health plans are still awaiting guidance on mental health parity. ERIC President & CEO @JamesGelfand reflects on the 2022 MHPAEA Report to Congress as demonstrating “not that employers are doing something wrong, but that DOL is doing something wrong.”