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Partnership for Employer-Sponsored Coverage

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Ms. Christine Pollack

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  • Issues related to employer-sponsored coverage; issues related health system reform & cost transparency; issues related to the tax treatment of employer-sponsored coverage; issues related to the Affordable Care Act, including employer mandate, employer reporting reform, H.R. 5318; issues related to consumer directed health products, HSAs, ICHRAs, HRAs, FSAs, S. 1424/H.R. 3563; issues related to telehealth, S. 1704, H.R. 5541; issues related to the Coronavirus pandemic; issues related to behavioral and mental health services, parity; issues related to surprise medical billing, No Surprises Act, Consolidated Appropriations Act; issues related to H.R. 1319 reconciliation/American Rescue Plan; issues related to drug costs; issues related to reconciliation/Build Back Better Act.

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General Issues: Health Issues

Spending: about $205,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2019: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor - Dept of (DOL), Treasury - Dept of, Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Bills mentioned

H.R.748: CARES Act

Sponsor: Joe Courtney (D-Conn.)

S.684: Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2019

Sponsor: Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.)

S.80: Jobs and Premium Protection Act

Sponsor: John Barrasso (R-Wyo.)

S.172: Health Insurance Tax Relief Act of 2019

Sponsor: Cory Gardner (R-Colo.)

H.R.1398: Health Insurance Tax Relief Act of 2019

Sponsor: Ami Bera (D-Calif.)

S.1895: Lower Health Care Costs Act

Sponsor: Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.)

S.1531: STOP Surprise Medical Bills Act of 2019

Sponsor: Bill Cassidy (R-La.)

H.R.2447: Jobs and Premium Protection Act

Sponsor: Anthony Brindisi (D-N.Y.)

H.R.2782: Employee Flexibility Act of 2019

Sponsor: Jackie Walorski (R-Ind.)

S.1510: Employee Flexibility Act

Sponsor: Todd Young (R-Ind.)

H.R.4070: Commonsense Reporting Act of 2019

Sponsor: Mike Thompson (D-Calif.)

S.2366: Commonsense Reporting Act of 2019

Sponsor: Mark Warner (D-Va.)

H.R.3630: No Surprises Act

Sponsor: Frank Pallone (D-N.J.)

H.R.2328: Reauthorizing and Extending America’s Community Health Act

Sponsor: Tom O'Halleran (D-Ariz.)

H.R.3: Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act

Sponsor: Frank Pallone (D-N.J.)

S.2543: Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act of 2019

Sponsor: Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa)

H.R.1865: Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020

Sponsor: Bill Pascrell Jr. (D-N.J.)

H.R.1158: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020

Sponsor: Michael McCaul (R-Texas)

H.R.5800: Ban Surprise Billing Act

Sponsor: Robert C. Scott (D-Va.)

H.R.5826: Consumer Protections Against Surprise Medical Bills Act of 2020

Sponsor: Richard E. Neal (D-Mass.)

H.R.5304: PBM Transparency in Prescription Drug Costs Act

Sponsor: Kurt Schrader (D-Ore.)

H.R.6201: Families First Coronavirus Response Act

Sponsor: Nita M. Lowey (D-N.Y.)

S.3548: CARES Act

Sponsor: Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.)

H.R.1425: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act

Sponsor: Angie Craig (D-Minn.)

H.R.7008: Family Savings Flexibility Act

Sponsor: Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio)

H.R.6800: The Heroes Act

Sponsor: Nita M. Lowey (D-N.Y.)

H.R.6810: Health Care Protection Act

Sponsor: Rodney Davis (R-Ill.)

H.R.7666: Family Savings Flexibility Act

Sponsor: Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio)

H.R.925: The Heroes Act

Sponsor: Mike Thompson (D-Calif.)

H.R.8406: The Heroes Act

Sponsor: Nita M. Lowey (D-N.Y.)

H.R.133: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021

Sponsor: Henry Cuellar (D-Texas)

H.R.1319: American Rescue Plan Act of 2021

Sponsor: John Yarmuth (D-Ky.)

S.1424: Chronic Disease Management Act of 2021

Sponsor: John Thune (R-S.D.)

S.1704: Telehealth Expansion Act of 2021

Sponsor: Steve Daines (R-Mont.)

H.R.5318: Commonsense Reporting Act of 2021

Sponsor: Mike Thompson (D-Calif.)

H.R.3563: Chronic Disease Management Act of 2021

Sponsor: Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.)

H.R.5541: Primary and Virtual Care Affordability Act

Sponsor: Brad Schneider (D-Ill.)

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Lobbyists named here were listed on a filing related to this lobbying engagement. They may not be working on it now. Occasionally, a single lobbyist whose name is spelled two different ways on filings may be represented twice here.

Lobbyist Covered positions?
Christine Pollack Legislative Director, Rep. E. Clay Shaw, Jr.; Health Insurance Specialist, CMS/HHS; Legislative Assistant, Rep. Jim Nussle Rep. E. Clay Shaw, Jr.; Rep. Jim Nussle; Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Disclosures Filed

Once a lobbying engagement begins, the lobbyist or firm is required to file updates four times a year. Those updates sometimes change which lobbyists are involved or add new issues being discussed. When lobbyists stop working for a client, the firm is also supposed to file a report disclosing the end of the relationship.

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Source: Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives and Secretary of the Senate

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