From January 22-30, 2025, the American Benefits Council surveyed plan sponsors on peer organizations' responses to the recent California Wildfires.

Add your organization's name to the list of signatories requesting permanent restoration of a provision allowing pre-deductible coverage of telehealth services in a high-deductible health plan (HDHP).

The Council will release its long-term public policy strategic plan, DESTINATION 2030, on February 12. This document will set forth the challenges plan sponsors face today, the goals for surmounting those challenges and policy recommendations for achieving those goals.

The Council strongly supports the newly introduced Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act, which would allow pre-deductible coverage for chronic disease treatments under high-deductible health plans.

Council members are encouraged to sign a group letter urging Congress to permanently restore statutory flexibility for HSA-eligible high-deductible employer-sponsored health plans to offer telehealth coverage pre-deductible.

From January 9-16, 2025, the Council surveyed member organizations to learn about the use of Safe Harbor IRAs in conjunction with small-balance force-outs.

The Council will release its long-term public policy strategic plan, DESTINATION 2030, on February 12. This document will set forth the challenges plan sponsors face today, the goals for surmounting those challenges and policy recommendations for achieving those goals.

The district court dismissed the ERISA breach of fiduciary duty claims that were brought against a company and its plan fiduciaries regarding the company’s drug benefits.

The Council recently filed an amicus brief in Doherty v. Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) to support typical pension risk transfer practices.

DOL has adopted a new self-correction process for retirement plan fiduciaries, streamlining compliance for plan sponsors while maintaining key oversight requirements.

Statutory flexibility for Health Savings Account (HSA)-eligible high-deductible employer-sponsored health plans to offer telehealth coverage pre-deductible expired at the end of 2024.

In the final days of the Biden administration, the tri-agencies issued helpful guidance addressing some outstanding questions regarding the “gag clause” prohibition enacted under the CAA and regarding various provisions of the No Surprises Act.