The Council's Policy Board of Directors has approved a set of principles to guide future advocacy efforts with respect to legislative and regulatory proposals addressing the independent workforce. The principles are embodied by "five Cs": choice, coverage, consistency, cooperation and creativity.
As part of our advocacy on your behalf with policymakers in Washington DC and the news media nationwide, we make frequent use of data to support our message. To supplement that advocacy activity, we sought to capture the opinions of American voters during the 2018 elections, when political and policy engagement was at its peak. The Council, on its own and as part of the Alliance to Fight the 40 – a broad-based coalition dedicated to repealing the 40 percent "Cadillac Tax" on employer-provided health coverage – worked with two different nationally recognized polling firms to collect valuable insight into Americans' attitudes about workplace benefits.
U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) released a 297-page bill on November 26 covering a wide variety of tax matters, including provisions addressing retirement savings policy and relief for plan sponsors in federally designated disaster areas.
An emerging issue in health policy is the increased concern about "surprise" medical billing, in which patients are balanced billed by out-of-network providers. A Benefits Blueprint summary of the issue, prepared by Groom Law Group, Chartered, provides an overview of existing laws and regulation, as well as legislative proposals to prohibit or limit balance billing for certain out-of-network services .
WASHINGTON, DC – "The Administration's proposed Health Reimbursement Account rule provides employers and employees more flexibility in meeting health coverage needs of workers and their families," American Benefits Council President James A. Klein said today.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- "The American Benefits Council is proud to release American Benefits Legacy, a report that is both a thorough accounting of America's employer-sponsored health and retirement benefits system and a validation of the Council's mission to preserve it," Council President James A. Klein said today.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- "The American Benefits Council is proud to release American Benefits Legacy, a report that is both a thorough accounting of America's employer-sponsored health and retirement benefits system and a validation of the Council's mission to preserve it," Council President James A. Klein said today.
We are pleased to unveil American Benefits Legacy, a comprehensive report that profiles the extraordinary positive difference that you, and the organizations for whom you work, make in the lives of millions of Americans. In addition to being a valuable tool in the Council's public policy advocacy, we think you will find the report useful within your own organizations to further illuminate the value of employer-sponsored benefits.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- "The American Benefits Council is proud to release American Benefits Legacy, a report that is both a thorough accounting of America's employer-sponsored health and retirement benefits system and a validation of the Council's mission to preserve it," Council President James A. Klein said today.
