ERIC Praises Bipartisan Bill That Lets Employers Offer Stand-Alone Telehealth Plans

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers introduced legislation Thursday (March 31) that would let employers offer stand-alone telehealth plans to all employees after the pandemic, drawing praise from a group representing large employer-based plans that a day earlier had urged Senate Finance Committee lawmakers to embrace similar reforms. The bill would allow employers to offer stand-alone telehealth service plans, comparable to dental and vision plans, to supplement traditional health care insurance by amending the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and the...