Federal L&L Updates

-In less than a month, the new Medicare marketing rule is set to go in effect. It was finalized earlier this year and, despite repeated comments and inquiries by NAHU, CMS has yet to delay the rule or to provide guidance on its implementation. NAHU urges you to contact your member of Congre

Build Back Better Reconciliation Package Talks Continue as Midterm Elections Loom on the Horizon The iteration of Build Back Better that is now being considered is expected to total $1.3 trillion, a decrease from the $1.75 trillion that the House passed. The reconciliation bill is now project

Congress is in this week and they are racing to pass the omnibus bill before the Friday deadline to finally fund the government. It may include a supplemental for Ukraine and COVID. NAHU is pushing for some of our initiatives discussed an Capitol Conference last week to be included in this funding.

- The U.S. District Courts for the Western District of Louisiana and Western District of Missouri issued nationwide injunctions on the CMS vaccine mandate for healthcare workers earlier this week. - The IRS published proposed regulations that introduce significant changes to the ACA reportin

-Federal agencies recently released an interim final rule , the first part of the highly anticipated regulation regarding the ban on surprise billing included in the Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA). This week, NAHU submitted comments to the agencies on this interim final rule, seeki

-NAHU submitted comments to federal agencies regarding the implementation of the broker compensation disclosure law that passed at the end of 2020, where we made requests and recommendations to ease any potential burden on agents, brokers, and plan fiduciaries.  -NAHU also submitted comments

-NAHU hosted the 31st Annual – and first-ever virtual – Capitol Conference last week. Read our recap of the event here . -President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion American Rescue Act Plan of 2021 passed the senate Senate over the weekend, but not without some hurdles. It goes back to the house for

With the major media organizations having now called the presidential election declaring former Vice President Joe Biden as the 46th President of the United States, we wanted to provide some forward-looking insights regarding the potential impacts to employer-sponsored health plans. What does a Bid

Much has happened on a Federal level over the course of the last two months. In his most recent update David Block did a wonderful job outlining the federal legislative priorities of NAHU in detail. Unfortunately, due to the challenges our country is facing as a result of COVID – 19, all these items

-The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, formerly known as the Build Back Better Act, was passed by the Senate this weekend after a successful compromise was made with Senator Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ). -President Biden signed an executive order Wednesday that primarily addresses the idea of individuals

-Late last week, the IRS released updates to the maximum annual 2023 contribution limits for Health Savings Accounts under high-deductible health plans. These adjustments, which have increased slightly from 2022, apply to both individual and family coverage. -The Senate Committee on Commerce, Scie

-CMS released the proposed 2023 Notice of Benefits and Payment Parameters earlier this month. As usual, NAHU submitted comments to CMS with some questions and concerns regarding some substantial changes the agency recommended in the proposed rule. -Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer off

-While we await further guidance from the Department of Labor, join us on Wednesday November 10 at 2:00 p.m. ET, when Stacy H. Barrow, partner at law firm Marathas Barrow Weatherhead Lent, will host a webinar on the agent and broker compensation disclosure pieces included in the Consolidated

-This week the Senate approved a $1 Trillion Dollar infrastructure bill that will now be sent to the house for consideration. The main aspect of the bill that is of note to our membership is a moratorium on the Prescription Drug Rebate Rule pushed out via the Trump Administration last year. That i