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Indiana Chamber Teams With Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield to Bring ‘Game-Changing’ Health Care Plans to Small Businesses

(INDIANAPOLIS) — The ChamberCare Health Alliance is the next evolution in a 15-year partnership between the Indiana Chamber of Commerce and Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield. Thousands of organizations and their workers have benefitted from a series of ChamberCare health insurance offerings. The introduction of the Alliance and its MEWA (multiple employer welfare arrangement) allows small businesses with between [...]

2019-08-20T11:51:50-04:00August 20th, 2019|

Chamber-Backed Cadillac Tax Repeal Gains Momentum, But Medical Device Tax Relief Stalls

The Indiana Chamber previously signed on to a stakeholder letter to Congress urging repeal of the “Cadillac Tax.” On July 17, the U.S. House of Representatives voted on H.R.748, the Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2019, which repeals the 40% excise tax on employer-sponsored health care coverage for which there is an excess benefit (high-cost plans). [...]

2019-07-19T14:35:17-04:00July 19th, 2019|

Quick Hits: Hopeful Signals on Smoking Age Increase; School Accountability, Data Center Tax Exemption and Death-on-the-Job Penalty All Clear the House

Senate Bill 425 (Minimum Age to Purchase Tobacco and E-Liquids), authored by Sen. Randy Head (R-Logansport), did not receive a hearing in the Senate Tax and Fiscal Policy Committee before the deadline, but there is still room for optimism. The Chamber priority bill – previously passed via the Senate Health Committee – would have raised the legal age for [...]

2019-02-22T12:58:15-05:00February 22nd, 2019|

Workable Compromise Seems Uncertain for Pharmacist Care Coverage

Senate Bill 108 – Coverage for Pharmacist Care Authored by Sen. Ron Grooms (R-Jeffersonville)                                                                                                Requires an accident and sickness insurer that enters into a preferred provider agreement to: (1) reimburse for health care service provided by a pharmacist within the scope of practice to the same extent and in the same manner as the insurer would reimburse certain [...]

2019-02-08T12:27:47-05:00February 8th, 2019|