Just a Minute!

In this edition of Just a Minute!, Council President Katy Johnson introduces Kerri Willis as the new senior counsel, health policy.

In this edition of Just a Minute!, Council Vice President, Communications,  Jason Hammersla, describes the comprehensive new redesign of the Council's website.

In this edition of Just a Minute!, Council President Katy Johnson describes the role of the Policy Board and outlines the full agenda of discussion topics from this past week.

In this episode of Just a Minute!, Council President Katy Johnson describes the Council's recent Benefits Briefing webinar in which Council staff and legal experts discussed key aspects of the proposed regulations.

In this episode of Just a Minute!, Council President Katy Johnson explains why site-neutral payment reform is such an important piece of our health care policy agenda.

The Council will release its long-term public policy strategic plan, DESTINATION 2030, on February 12. This document will set forth the challenges plan sponsors face today, the goals for surmounting those challenges and policy recommendations for achieving those goals.

The Council will release its long-term public policy strategic plan, DESTINATION 2030, on February 12. This document will set forth the challenges plan sponsors face today, the goals for surmounting those challenges and policy recommendations for achieving those goals.

American Benefits Council President James Klein explains how the “I-PLAN,” a federal intermediary designed to help harmonize state paid family leave laws represents a positive step toward greater harmonization of varied and disparate state paid leave laws.

In the latest episode of Just a Minute!, Katy Johnson, senior counsel, health policy, underscores the very significant implications of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) rules for employer sponsors of health coverage.

The American Benefits Council recently collaborated with the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) on a study of the importance of ERISA preemption to the operation of employer-sponsored benefit plans.

Katy Johnson, currently the American Benefits Council's senior counsel, health policy, will succeed James Klein as president of the American Benefits Council effective January 1, 2025.

No matter who wins Congress and the White House in the upcoming election, benefits issues are likely to be front-and-center — not just in 2025 and beyond, but perhaps even sooner, in a 2024 lame-duck session.