Lobbying Relationship

Client

American Benefits Council obo Alliance to Fight for Health Care

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Lobbying firm

Ernst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)

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  • - H.R. 5378, "Lower Costs, More Transparency Act" - ERISA preemption - S. 1869, the Site-based Invoicing and Transparency Enhancement Act ("SITE Act") - H.R. 4509, Transparency in Billing Act - Issues related to employer-sponsored health benefits and health coverage - Taxation of health benefits - Anti-tiering and Anti-steering clauses - Transparency - Cost containment - S. 1001, HR 1843: Telehealth Expansion Act of 2023 - S. 655, Chronic Disease Management Act of 2023 - Site-neutral payments - Value-based payments
  • - Issues related to employer-sponsored health benefits - Taxation of health benefits

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General Issues: Health Issues, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

Spending: about $4,670,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2015: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, White House Office, Treasury - Dept of, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS)

Bills mentioned

H.R.173: Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2017

Sponsor: Mike Kelly (R-Pa.)

S.58: Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2017

Sponsor: Dean Heller (R-Nev.)

H.R.1628: American Health Care Act of 2017

Sponsor: Diane Black (R-Tenn.)

H.R.2050: Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2015

Sponsor: Joe Courtney (D-Conn.)

S.2045: Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2015

Sponsor: Dean Heller (R-Nev.)

H.R.879: Ax the Tax on Middle Class Americans' Health Plans Act

Sponsor: Frank Guinta (R-N.H.)

S.2075: American Worker Health Care Tax Relief Act of 2015

Sponsor: Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio)

H.R.2029: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016

Sponsor: Charlie Dent (R-Pa.)

H.R.1: An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to titles II and V of the...

Sponsor: Kevin Brady (R-Texas)

H.R.195: Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending...

Sponsor: Steve Russell (R-Okla.)

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

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

H.R.748: CARES Act

Sponsor: Joe Courtney (D-Conn.)

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

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

S.1704: Telehealth Expansion Act of 2021

Sponsor: Steve Daines (R-Mont.)

S.1424: Chronic Disease Management Act of 2021

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

H.R.5376: Inflation Reduction Act of 2022

Sponsor: John Yarmuth (D-Ky.)

H.R.8133: Transparency of Hospital Billing Act

Sponsor: Victoria Spartz (R-Ind.)

H.R.2617: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023

Sponsor: Gerald E. Connolly (D-Va.)

S.1001: Telehealth Expansion Act of 2023

Sponsor: Steve Daines (R-Mont.)

H.R.1843: Telehealth Expansion Act of 2023

Sponsor: Michelle Steel (R-Calif.)

S.655: Chronic Disease Management Act of 2023

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

S.1869: SITE Act

Sponsor: Mike Braun (R-Ind.)

H.R.4509: Transparency in Billing Act of 2023

Sponsor: Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.)

H.R.5378: Lower Costs, More Transparency Act

Sponsor: Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.)

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Lobbyists

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?
Weston Coulam 93-98 Legislative Assistant, Office of Sen. Hatch; 03-06 Staff Dir. Senate Committee on Small Business 93-98 Legislative Assistant, Office of Sen. Hatch; 03-06 Staff Dir. Senate Committeeon Small Business
Heather Meade 00-02 Deputy Scheduler/Assistant to CoS, Senator Patty Murray
Sarah Kuehl Egge 1997 Intern, Office of Senator Bob Kerrey; 98-00 Legislative Assistant to Senator Bob Kerrey; 01-12 Budget Analyst, Senate Budget Committee ; 11 Deputy Staff Director, Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction
Amy Jensen Cunniffe 99-01 Assistant to the Speaker for Policy; 03-05 Special Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs
Tara Bradshaw 99-01 Press Secretary/Deputy Director Communications SFC; 01-04 Public Affairs Specialist, Treasury; 05 Communications Director Presidents Advisory on Fed Tax Reform
Stephen Adam Francis 96-00 LD to Rep. John Kasich; 01-11 Deputy CoS to Rep. Tiberi
Robert Schellhas 94-96 Deputy CoS to Rep. John Boehner; 99-02 CoS to Rep. Rob Portman
Dave Koshgarian 87-02 CoS to Rep. Benjamin Cardin
Ray Beeman 01-05 Legislation Counsel, JTC; 11-14 Tax Counsel/ Special Advisor-Tax Reform, W&M
Donna Flynn 95-98 Staff Director, W&M Sub-Committee on Oversight
Robert Rozen n/a
John Porter n/a
Gary Gasper n/a
Stephen Francis n/a

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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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