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Torts TOR

HR 5 (Medical Malpractice Liability Reform)

Contacted: White House Office; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Treasury, Dept of; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: H.R. 5 (112th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Capital loss carryback (No Bills yet) Interchange fee and application to debit card for FSA business

Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; White House Office

Retirement RET

Retiree health insurance (no bills yet)

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Treasury, Dept of; White House Office; SENATE

Health Issues HCR

HR 2 (repeal ACA); HR 2 (De-fund ACA); HR 1010 (directs SCOTUS to expedite appeal on Constitutionality of ACA); H. Res. 9 (Instructs Committees to develop proposals as alternatives to ACA); HR 4 (repeal 1099 provision of ACA); HR 21/S. 19 (repeal ACA's individual mandate); H. J. Res 19 (Expression of disapproval of HHS Regulation on MLR); HR 1206 (Exclude broker remuneration from MLR); S. 244 ( allows states to opt out of enumerated ACA provisions per state-passed legislation); HR 2077 S. 248 (accelerates from 2017 to 2014 the right of states to seek federal waiver from specified provisions of ACA); S. 312/HR 605 (repeals ACA provision barring use of FSA/HSA money for OTC medications); HR 1150 (amends McCarran-Ferguson); HR 979 (imposes new requirements on PBMs and insurers who participate in FEHBP); S. 27 (prohibits settlement of patent infringement cases which results in delay of generics coming to market); S. 493 (Small Business bill). HR a839 (Antitrust exemption for commurnity pharmacists); S. 1058/HR 1971 (forced disclosure of PBM proprietary pricing and other competitive information). HR 371 (Health Choice Act); HR 2011 (Repeal MLR); HR 1370 (Repeal ACA Annual insurer fee).

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Treasury, Dept of; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); White House Office

Bills named: H.R. 1010 (112th), H.R. 1370 (112th), H.Res. 9 (112th), H.R. 979 (112th), S. 19 (112th), S. 27 (112th), H.J.Res. 19 (112th), H.R. 21 (112th), S. 244 (112th), H.R. 1150 (112th), H.R. 2 (112th), H.R. 371 (112th), H.R. 1206 (112th), H.R. 2077 (112th), H.R. 1971 (112th), S. 312 (112th), H.R. 2011 (112th), S. 493 (112th), H.R. 605 (112th), H.R. 4 (112th), S. 1058 (112th), S. 248 (112th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

S. 31 and S. 44 (Allow HHS to directly negotiate drug prices); S. 560 and HR 999 (Establishes Medicare-run Part D PDP nationwide); Proposals to extend the "Doc Fix" beyond 12/31/ 2011. Medicaid Maintenance of Effort repeal (No Bill Number); Medicare Advantage Open Enrollment period (No Bill Number); s. 848 (Diasclosure of Medicare Provider data); HR 1031.

Contacted: White House Office; SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Bills named: H.R. 1031 (112th), S. 848 (112th), S. 31 (112th), H.R. 999 (112th), S. 44 (112th), S. 560 (112th)

Insurance INS

HR 1050 (allows for Association Health Plans free from state mandated benefits); HR 346 (allows for national insurance marketplace via cross-state purchsing of coverage); HR 416/S.137 (mechanism for HHS/states to covvect excessive insurance rates); HR 605 (repeal FSA/HSA OTC restrictions); S. 312 (Repeals OTC restrictions); HR 2010/S.1089 (Expand use of HSAs); HR 1206; (excluse commissions from MLR); HR 1050 (creates AHPs); HR 371 (Cross-State selling)

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); White House Office

Bills named: H.R. 346 (112th), H.R. 2010 (112th), H.R. 416 (112th), S. 137 (112th), H.R. 1206 (112th), H.R. 605 (112th), H.R. 371 (112th), S. 1089 (112th), H.R. 1050 (112th), S. 312 (112th)