January 23, 2020

Business Group on Health Policy Position Statements

Business Group on Health’s position statements on health policy issues impacting employer-sponsored health coverage.

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Issue: Litigation and state and local laws affecting employer-sponsored group health plans threatens to undermine uniform, cost-effective administration of employer-sponsored plans.

Position: Maintaining ERISA as the primary legal framework for employer-sponsored benefit plans will support efficient plan administration and allow plan sponsors to devote more resources to employee compensation and benefits. Therefore, Business Group on Health supports:

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• Preserving ERISA as the primary law governing employer-sponsored benefit plans.
• ERISA preemption of state and local laws that interfere with or impose costs on the administration of employer-sponsored benefit plans.
• Maintaining plan sponsors’ ability and flexibility to design employee benefit plans to suit the needs of their lines of business and employee populations.
• Evidence-based standards for high-quality and cost-effective health care rather than benefit mandates.
• Uniform, evidence-based national standards for any legally-mandated benefits, health information technology, privacy protection, and provider licensure requirements that affect employer-sponsored benefit plans.
• Preserving federal jurisdiction over cases involving employer-sponsored benefit plans.
• Medical malpractice reform that reduces incentives for defensive medicine, curbs frivolous litigation, and places reasonable limits on damages.

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