Lobbying Relationship

Client

American Benefits Council

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Lobbying firm

Spangler Strategies LLC

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  • Legislative and regulatory issues, including: Health care reform; Legislative and regulatory policy proposals to protect employer-sponsored health care coverage; S. 655, Chronic Disease Management Act; S. 1001 / H.R. 1843, Telehealth Expansion Act of 2023; S. 731, TELEHEALTH HSA Act of 2023; H.R. 3800 / S. 3224, the Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act; H.R. 824, the Telehealth Benefit Expansion for Workers Act of 2023; H.R. 3237, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require each off-campus outpatient department of a provider to include a unique identifier on claims for items and services, and to require providers with a department of a provider to submit to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services an attestation with respect to each such department; H.R. 3417, the FAIR Act; H.R. 3561, the Promoting Access to Treatments and Increasing; Extremely Needed Transparency Act of 2023 or the PATIENT Act of 2023; S. 1869, the Site-based Invoicing and Transparency Enhancement Act; S. 1451 / H.R. 3120, the Healthy Competition for Better Care Act; S. 1339, the Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reform Act; Legislative and regulatory issues related to preventing surprise medical bills and lowering health care costs, including implementation of H.R.133, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (P.L.116-260); H.R. 5688, Bipartisan HSA Improvements Act of 2023; H.R. 5687, HSA Modernization Act of 2023; H.R. 5378, the Lower Costs, More Transparency Act; S. 2840, the Bipartisan Primary Care and Health Workforce Act

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General Issues: Health Issues, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

Spending: about $760,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2017: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Treasury - Dept of, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor - Dept of (DOL), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Bills mentioned

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

Sponsor: Kevin Brady (R-Texas)

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

Sponsor: Dean Heller (R-Nev.)

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

Sponsor: Mike Kelly (R-Pa.)

S.403: Health Savings Act of 2017

Sponsor: Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah)

H.R.1175: Health Savings Act of 2017

Sponsor: Erik Paulsen (R-Minn.)

H.R.1892: Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018

Sponsor: John B. Larson (D-Conn.)

H.R.1625: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018

Sponsor: Edward Royce (R-Calif.)

S.2410: Chronic Disease Management Act of 2018

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

H.R.4978: Chronic Disease Management Act of 2018

Sponsor: Diane Black (R-Tenn.)

H.R.5138: Bipartisan HSA Improvement Act of 2018

Sponsor: Mike Kelly (R-Pa.)

H.R.6305: Bipartisan HSA Improvement Act of 2018

Sponsor: Mike Kelly (R-Pa.)

H.R.6301: Promoting High-Value Health Care Through Flexibility for High Deductible...

Sponsor: Peter Roskam (R-Ill.)

H.R.6317: Primary Care Enhancement Act of 2018

Sponsor: Erik Paulsen (R-Minn.)

H.R.6309: Allowing Working Seniors to Keep Their Health Savings Accounts Act of 2018

Sponsor: Erik Paulsen (R-Minn.)

H.R.6306: Health Care Security Act of 2018

Sponsor: Erik Paulsen (R-Minn.)

H.R.4616: Employer Relief Act of 2018

Sponsor: Devin Nunes (R-Calif.)

H.R.6: SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act

Sponsor: Greg Walden (R-Ore.)

S.2680: Opioid Crisis Response Act of 2018

Sponsor: Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.)

S.3120: HEAL Act of 2018

Sponsor: Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah)

H.R.3798: Save American Workers Act of 2017

Sponsor: Jackie Walorski (R-Ind.)

H.R.6199: Restoring Access to Medication and Modernizing Health Savings Accounts...

Sponsor: Lynn Jenkins (R-Kan.)

H.R.6311: Increasing Access to Lower Premium Plans and Expanding Health Savings...

Sponsor: Peter Roskam (R-Ill.)

S.2554: Patient Right to Know Drug Prices Act

Sponsor: Susan Collins (R-Maine)

S.2553: Know the Lowest Price Act of 2018

Sponsor: Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.)

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.)

S.12: Health Savings Act of 2019

Sponsor: Marco Rubio (R-Fla.)

H.R.457: Health Savings Account Act

Sponsor: Jeff Fortenberry (R-Neb.)

H.R.603: Health Savings Account Expansion Act of 2019

Sponsor: Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.)

H.R.908: Stop Penalizing Working Seniors Act

Sponsor: Robert E. Latta (R-Ohio)

S.1948: Chronic Disease Management Act of 2019

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

H.R.3709: Chronic Disease Management Act of 2019

Sponsor: Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.)

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.3630: No Surprises Act

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

H.R.3502: Protecting People From Surprise Medical Bills Act

Sponsor: Raul Ruiz (D-Calif.)

H.R.3708: Primary Care Enhancement Act of 2019

Sponsor: Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.)

H.R.3796: Health Savings for Seniors Act

Sponsor: Ami Bera (D-Calif.)

S.2543: Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act of 2019

Sponsor: Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa)

H.R.3: Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now 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.4716: I CAN Act

Sponsor: TJ Cox (D-Calif.)

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

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

S.3200: Chronic Disease Management Act of 2020

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

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

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

H.R.5825: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for reporting by...

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

H.R.5800: Ban Surprise Billing Act

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

H.R.3539: Behavioral Intervention Guidelines Act of 2020

Sponsor: A. Drew Ferguson (R-Ga.)

H.R.6201: Families First Coronavirus Response Act

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

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.)

S.4329: Continuous Health Coverage for Workers Act

Sponsor: Martha McSally (R-Ariz.)

S.4714: Worker Health Coverage Protection Act

Sponsor: Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.)

H.R.925: The Heroes Act

Sponsor: Mike Thompson (D-Calif.)

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.CON.RES.5: A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the...

Sponsor: Bernard Sanders (ID-Vt.)

S.128: Primary Care Enhancement Act of 2021

Sponsor: Bill Cassidy (R-La.)

H.R.133: David’s Law

Sponsor: Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas)

S.1424: Chronic Disease Management Act of 2021

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

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

Sponsor: Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.)

S.1704: Telehealth Expansion Act of 2021

Sponsor: Steve Daines (R-Mont.)

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

Sponsor: Brad Schneider (D-Ill.)

S.CON.RES.14: A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the...

Sponsor: Bernard Sanders (ID-Vt.)

H.R.5376: Inflation Reduction Act of 2022

Sponsor: John Yarmuth (D-Ky.)

H.R.5981: Telehealth Expansion Act of 2021

Sponsor: Michelle Steel (R-Calif.)

S.2097: TELEHEALTH HSA Act of 2021

Sponsor: John Kennedy (R-La.)

S.3139: Healthy Competition for Better Care Act

Sponsor: Mike Braun (R-Ind.)

H.R.2471: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022

Sponsor: Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.)

H.R.8133: Transparency of Hospital Billing Act

Sponsor: Victoria Spartz (R-Ind.)

H.R.8134: Consumer Choice of Care Act

Sponsor: Victoria Spartz (R-Ind.)

H.R.8135: Addressing Anti-Competitive Contracting Clauses Act

Sponsor: Victoria Spartz (R-Ind.)

H.R.7666: Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act of 2022

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

H.R.7780: Mental Health Matters Act

Sponsor: Mark DeSaulnier (D-Calif.)

S.4750: Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act

Sponsor: Robert Menendez (D-N.J.)

H.R.2617: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023

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

S.655: Chronic Disease Management Act of 2023

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

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.731: TELEHEALTH HSA Act of 2023

Sponsor: John Kennedy (R-La.)

H.R.133: Mandating Exclusive Review of Individual Treatments (MERIT) Act

Sponsor: Vern Buchanan (R-Fla.)

H.R.3800: Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act

Sponsor: Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio)

H.R.824: Telehealth Benefit Expansion for Workers Act of 2023

Sponsor: Tim Walberg (R-Mich.)

H.R.3237: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require each...

Sponsor: John Joyce (R-Pa.)

H.R.3417: Facilitating Accountability In Reimbursements Act

Sponsor: Kevin Hern (R-Okla.)

H.R.3561: PATIENT Act of 2023

Sponsor: Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.)

S.1869: SITE Act

Sponsor: Mike Braun (R-Ind.)

S.1451: Healthy Competition for Better Care Act

Sponsor: Mike Braun (R-Ind.)

H.R.3120: Healthy Competition for Better Care Act

Sponsor: Michelle Steel (R-Calif.)

S.1339: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reform Act

Sponsor: Bernard Sanders (ID-Vt.)

H.R.5688: Bipartisan HSA Improvement Act of 2023

Sponsor: Lloyd Smucker (R-Pa.)

H.R.5687: HSA Modernization Act of 2023

Sponsor: Beth Van Duyne (R-Texas)

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

Sponsor: Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.)

S.2840: Bipartisan Primary Care and Health Workforce Act

Sponsor: Bernard Sanders (ID-Vt.)

S.3224: Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act

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

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Lobbyists

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Lobbyist Covered positions?
Kathryn Spangler Dep. Health Policy Director, Senate HELP Committee

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