For several years and with all three branches of the federal government, the American Benefits Council has engaged in efforts to address "surprise" medical bills as a means of protecting consumers and lowering health care costs systemwide.
WASHINGTON, DC – "To provide long-term financial security for working Americans, the laws relating to retirement policy need to be as durable and reliable as retirement plans themselves. That is why retirement legislation has historically been an oasis of bipartisanship in Washington, DC," said Lynn Dudley, senior vice president, global retirement and compensation policy.
On March 28, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) published proposed regulations providing relief from the "unified plan rule" (or "one bad apple rule") applicable to multiple employer plans (MEPs), as provided under the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act of 2019.
In response to a recent request for information on how best to modernize the nation's health care system, the American Benefits Council offered a set of policy recommendations for expanding telehealth services.
In a written statement filed for the record of a March 1 congressional hearing, the American Benefits Council offered a series of recommendations on various policy matters currently under active consideration by federal lawmakers: bipartisan retirement policy reform and mental health parity.
The American Benefits Council emphasized the critical importance of ERISA preemption in an amicus ("friend of the court") brief with the U.S. Supreme Court on February 18, recommending that the high court consider a case arising from the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.
