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UNION AND EMPLOYER SPONSORED
HEALTHCARE IS UNDER

ATTACK IN MASSACHUSETTS

HELP US FIGHT BACK

For nearly 50 years, federal law and legal precedent has prevented state legislators from preempting federal laws governing self-funded ERISA plans. Health plans are offered by employers, labor-management trusts as well as local, state and federal governments. With roughly 60 percent or more of the health plans offered by ERISA protected entities, these protected plans could expect consistency across state lines and a fair regulatory climate.

 

Now, lobbyists for Big Pharma and independent pharmacists are looking to increase their profits by ignoring federal law and undermining the cost-savings in self-funded plans.

Some examples of these proposals include: 

Eliminating Discounts

Eliminating the ability of self-funded plans to incentivize shopping at pharmacies with lower prices. Employers and unions work to drive down costs by using lower co-pays to encourage patients to visit pharmacies that sell drugs at lower prices. Massachusetts lawmakers are considering outlawing the use of those incentives, using government control to rewrite private contracts.

Encouraging Price Gouging

Eliminating protections from price gouging for specialty drugs and at specialty pharmacies. Physician-owned pharmacies can overcharge on specialty drugs and their lobbyists have worked to ban measures to control costs.

AttackingMail-Order Rx

Attacking incentives for mail-order delivery of drugs and access to mail-order. Mail-order is cheaper and, in many cases, healthier for patients, who are more likely to adhere to their prescribed medications if they are delivered to their homes at regular intervals.

Union and Employer Sponsored Healthcare are Under Attack

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If these attacks on union and employer sponsored health plans are successful, the cost of prescription drugs could increase by billions of dollars in the next decade.

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There are at least 177 million Americans with job-based health coverage, compared with 120 million with other coverage and 28 million uninsured.

177M

Employer/Union Based Health Care Coverage

120M

Non-Employer/Union  Based Health Coverage

28M

Uninsured

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