Advocacy and Policy

Latest 10 From P4ESC

• P4ESC Celebrates Passage of ACA Employer Reporting Reform - Press Release (12/11/24)

• Stakeholder Letter Supporting Telehealth Flexibility (11/21/24)

• Stakeholder Letter Supporting Direct Primary Care (11/13/24)

• P4ESC Opposes Cap on Tax Exclusion for Employer-Sponsored Coverage (11/12/24)

• Stakeholder Letter Supporting PBM Transparency and Reform (11/12/24)

• P4ESC Opposes Lame Duck Consideration of H.R. 6860/S. 5018 Dialysis Bills (10/17/24)

• Stakeholder Letter Supporting Telehealth Flexibility for High Deductible Plans (10/10/24)

• P4ESC Comments for Tax Teams re Tax Exclusion Cap (10/7/24)

• P4ESC Statement for House Education and Workforce hearing on ERISA (9/10/24)

• Stakeholder Letter Supporting Safe Harbor for E-Disclosure under ERISA (9/3/24)

P4ESC White Papers / Agenda

• P4ESC Health Policy Priorities (June 2024)

• P4ESC Shares Priorities with the Biden Administration (1/30/23)

• P4ESC Welcomes the 118th Congress (1/23/23)

P4ESC Press Releases

• P4ESC Celebrates Passage of ACA Employer Reporting Reform - Press Release (12/11/24)

• P4ESC Underlines Opposition to Tax Exclusion Cap (Press Release) (7/17/24)

• P4ESC Rejects Call for Tax Exclusion Cap (press release) (6/11/24)

Rising Health Care Costs

• Stakeholder Letter Supporting PBM Transparency and Reform (11/12/24)

• P4ESC Opposes Lame Duck Consideration of H.R. 6860/S. 5018 Dialysis Bills (10/17/24)

• Stakeholder letter supporting SITE Act (7/10/24)

• Stakeholder letter on mental health parity (5/31/24)

• Stakeholder letter opposing H.R. 6860, dialysis legislation (2/9/24)

• P4ESC Statement on Lowering Health Care Costs - House Education & Workforce (1/11/24)

• Joint Senate Letter on PBM Reform (11/8/23)

• P4ESC Position Paper on Dialysis Legislation (5/23)

• P4ESC Strongly Urges Senate to Oppose Insulin Bill (4/17/23)

• P4ESC Letter to Senate on Insulin Copay Caps (2/8/23)

• P4ESC Letter to House on Insulin Copay Caps (2/8/23)

• P4ESC Opposes Civil Monetary Penalties for Parity Violations (9/27/22)

• P4ESC Underlines Concerns on H.R. 8594 Dialysis (8/29/22)

• P4ESC Underlines Concerns on S. 4750 Dialysis (8/29/22)

• P4ESC Warns Against House Passage of H.R. 8594 Dialysis (8/9/22)

• P4ESC Warns Against Senate Passage of S. 4750 Dialysis (8/9/22)

• P4ESC Supports S. 4293, PBM Transparency Act (7/25/22)

• P4ESC Underlines Concerns on Insulin Act (7/11/22)

• P4ESC letter on concerns on Senate Insulin Act (6/29/22)

• P4ESC Mental Health Parity Comments for House Education and Workforce (5/17/22)

• P4ESC Endorses H.R. 7487, HDHP & Worksite Health Clinics (4/13/22)

• P4ESC Letter to Senate Finance re Mental Health Parity (4/5/22)

• P4ESC Letter to House Leaders on Insulin Caps (3/30/22)

• Joint Employer Letter on Surprise Billing (3/10/22)

• P4ESC Letter to House Education and Workforce re Mental Health Parity (3/1/22)

• P4ESC Letter to Senate Finance re the Build Back Better Act (12/3/21)

• P4ESC Letter to Senate Finance re the Build Back Better Act (12/3/21)

• P4ESC Letter to Hill Leaders re Civil Monetary Penalties, ACA Firewall (11/4/21)

• P4ESC Letter to Hill Leaders re the Build Back Better Act (10/29/21)

• P4ESC letter to Leader Schumer, Speaker Pelosi on Mental Health Parity Civil Monetary Penalties (9/27/21)

• Stakeholder Letter to HHS, DOL, Treasury on No Surprises Act Implementation (8/23/21)

• P4ESC letter to DOL, Treasury, HHS on CAA Drug Pricing Reporting (7/22/21)

• P4ESC letter to HHS, Treasury, DOL on Transparency Compliance Safe Harbor (7/9/21)

• Stakeholder Letter on Surprise Billing (11/30/20)

• Stakeholder Letter on Lower Health Care Costs Act (11/23/20)

• Stakeholder Letter to Congress on Surprise Billing (7/1/20)

• P4ESC letter to HHS, Treasury & Labor on Transparency in Coverage (1/28/20)

• Stakeholder Letter to Congress on Surprise Billing (8/7/19)

• Stakeholder Letter to Senate on Surprise Billing (8/5/19)

• P4ESC letter on House Vote on Cadillac Tax Repeal (7/15/19)

• Statement to Senate HELP on Lower Costs Mark-up (6/26/19)

• Statement to House Energy & Commerce on Surprise Billing (6/12/19)

• P4ESC Letter to Senate HELP re Lower Health Care Costs Act (6/5/19)

• Stakeholder Letter to Senate HELP on Surprise Billing

• P4ESC letter to House Energy & Commerce on Surprise Billing (5/28/19)

• Stakeholder Letter to House Ways & Means on Surprise Billing (5/21/19)

• Endorsement Letter on House HIT Repeal (5/6/19)

• 4ESC Statement to House Rules re Medicare-for-All (4/30/19)

• Stakeholder Letter to House Education & Labor on Surprise Billing (4/2/19)

• Endorsement Letter on Senate Cadillac Tax Repeal (3/11/19)

• P4ESC letter to Senate HELP Chair Alexander on Reforms (2/28/19)

• Endorsement Letter on House Cadillac Tax Repeal (2/19/19)

• Endorsement Letter on Senate HIT Repeal (2/19/19)

• Statement on Finance Chairman Wyden’s Drug Pricing Reform Principles (6/22/12)

ERISA (Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974)

• ERISA at 50: No Midlife Crisis for ERISA Preemption (EBRI/American Benefits Council) (11/20/24)

• P4ESC Statement for House Education and Workforce hearing on ERISA (9/10/24)

• Stakeholder Letter Supporting Safe Harbor for E-Disclosure under ERISA (9/3/24)

• ERISA in Peril (LinkedIn - August 2024)

• ERISA Under Assault (LinkedIn - August 2024)

• P4ESC Responds to House Education & Workforce ERISA RFI (3/15/24)

• P4ESC Joins Coalition Response to House Education & Workforce ERISA RFI (3/15/24)

• P4ESC Position on Strengthening Full ERISA Preemption (5/23)

Tax Treatment of Health Care Coverage

• P4ESC Opposes Cap on Tax Exclusion for Employer-Sponsored Coverage (11/12/24)

• P4ESC Comments for Tax Teams re Tax Exclusion Cap (10/7/24)

• P4ESC Writes Tax Committees Against Tax Exclusion Cap (7/9/24)

• P4ESC Rejects Call for Tax Exclusion Cap (Press Release) (6/11/24)

• P4ESC Joins Multi-Stakeholder Letter on Individual Tax Exclusion for ESI (6/11/24)

• P4ESC Rejects Paragon Institute Proposal to Cap Tax Exclusion for ESI (5/29/24)

• P4ESC Opposes Cap on Tax Exclusion for Employer Sponsored Coverage (4/23/24)

ACA Reporting Reform

• P4ESC Celebrates Passage of ACA Employer Reporting Reform - Press Release (12/11/24)

• P4ESC Endorses S. 3201 (Employer Reporting Reform) and S. 3202 (Paperwork Reduction) (11/2/23)

• P4ESC Endorses Several Ways and Means Reporting Bills (6/6/23)

• P4ESC Endorses H.R. 7774, Commonsense Reporting Act (5/19/22)

• Summary of Commonsense Reporting Act (3/22)

• P4ESC Endorses S. 3673 Commonsense Reporting Act (2/23/22)

• P4ESC Endorses S. 3673 Commonsense Reporting Act Press Release (2/23/22)

• P4ESC Endorses H.R. 5318 Commonsense Reporting Act (9/22/21)

• P4ESC letter to Treasury & IRS on ACA Reporting Reform (6/17/21)

• P4ESC letter to Treasury & IRS on ACA Reporting Reform, COVID (1/28/21)

• Stakeholder letter on Senate Commonsense Reporting Act (2/7/20)

• Stakeholder letter on House Commonsense Reporting Act (2/7/20)

• P4ESC letter to HHS & Treasury on Exchange Employment Verification (12/22/20)

• Stakeholder letter on Senate Employee Flexibility Ac (9/19/19)

• Stakeholder letter on House Employee Flexibility Act (9/19/19)

• P4ESC endorses Senate Commonsense Reporting Act (8/1/19)

• P4ESC endorses Senate Employee Flexibility Ac (5/17/19)

• P4ESC endorses House Employee Flexibility Act (5/17/19)

Health Care Reform - General

• Stakeholder Letter Supporting Direct Primary Care (11/13/24)

• Stakeholder Letter Supporting Telehealth Flexibility for High Deductible Plans (10/10/24)

• Stakeholder letter supporting SITE Act (7/10/24)

• P4ESC Supports H.R. 824 Telehealth Benefit Expansion for Workers Act (6/6/23)

• P4ESC Endorses H.R. 824 Telehealth Benefit Expansion for Workers Act (2/6/23)

• P4ESC Endorses H.R. 7353 Telehealth Excepted Benefits (4/5/22)

• P4ESC Comments to House Republican Modernization Subcommittee (3/5/22)

• P4ESC Statement to House Education and Workforce re Single Payer (2/17/22)

• P4ESC Statement to House Ways and Means re Single Payer (2/17/22)

• P4ESC Comments to House Republican Affordability Subcommittee (2/8/22)

• P4ESC Letter to Representative Steel re Telehealth (11/16/21)

• P4ESC Supports Primary and Virtual Care Affordability Act (H.R. 5541) (10/11/21)

• P4ESC Endorses House Chronic Disease Management Act (H.R. 3563) (7/26/21)

• P4ESC Endorses Senate Chronic Disease Management Act (S. 1424) (6/30/21)

• Endorsement Letter on Senate Telehealth Expansion Act (6/3/21)

• Statement to House Ways & Means on Telehealth (4/28/21)

• Statement to House Education & Labor on Behavioral Health/Telehealth (4/15/21)

• Statement to House Energy & Commerce on Telehealth (3/2/21)

• P4ESC Endorses Family Savings Flexibility Act (7/2/20)

• Letter to Treasury, HHS & Labor on HRAs & Compliance (12/20/19)

• Stakeholder Letter to Senate HELP Surprise Billing Mark-up (6/25/19)

• P4ESC Statement to House Rules re Medicare-for-All (4/30/19)

• P4ESC Letter to Administration on Drug Cost Blueprint (2019)

• Letter to Treasury, HHS & Labor on HRAs (12/19/18)

• P4ESC Statement on Bipartisan HSA Improvement Act (6/6/18)

• P4ESC Supports Bipartisan HSA Improvement Act - House (3/1/18)

• P4ESC Supports Bipartisan HSA Improvement Act - Senate (3/1/18)

COVID Pandemic

• P4ESC Letter to Departments re At Home COVID Testing (1/14/22)

• Statement to Senate Finance on COVID Flexibilities, Telehealth (5/19/21)

• P4ESC Statement to Senate HELP re COVID Response (4/28/21)

• Statement to Senate HELP on COVID Vaccinations (3/18/21)

• Statement to House Energy & Commerce on COVID Vaccinations (3/17/21)

• Letter to IRS on COVID relief (11/19/20)

• Letter to Coronavirus Mental Health Working Group (10/21/20)

• Letter to Treasury & IRS on COVID safe harbor relief (10/7/20)

• House Letter re COVID Safe Harbor (10/6/20)

• House Letter re COVID Safe Harbor (7/21/20)

• Senate Letter re COVID Safe Harbor (7/21/20)

• P4ESC Letter to Administration & Congress on COVID relief (5/11/20)

Government-Run Proposals

• P4ESC Statement to Senate Finance re Health Insurance Coverage & Federal Health Programs (10/20/21)

• P4ESC letter to Chairs Murray & Pallone on Public Option (7/30/21)

• Statement to House Energy & Commerce on Single-Payer (12/10/19)

• Statement to House Ways & Means on Single-Payer (6/12/19)

• Statement to House Budget on Single-Payer (5/22/19)

• Statement to House Rules on Single-Payer (4/30/19)

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