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Below is an overview of The Council’s legislative priorities for 2025 and accompanying position papers with additional background.
Learn more about potential legislation we’re tracking during the 119th Congress and progress made to date on these key issues.
199A is an important deduction that materially impacts pass-through entities.
The tax exclusion on employee- and employer-paid health insurance premiums supports employers in providing quality benefits to their employees.
Increased disclosure from TPAs and PBMs would help employers make better-informed decisions in regard to pharmacy benefit solutions.
Enhanced access to machine readable file data could uncover ways to decrease plan costs and improve health outcomes.
Enhanced transparency would address soaring insurance costs resulting from investment in plaintiff lawsuits.
Passage of this legislation would create a safe harbor allowing banks, insurers and agents/brokers to provide financial services to cannabis businesses.
