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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide additional choice regarding unused health benefits in cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements.
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide additional choice regarding unused health benefits in cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements.
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Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
PL 108-214, S. 1881, H.R. 3493: “Medical Devices Technical Corrections Act”
Implementation of legislation to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to make technical corrections relating to the amendments made by the Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act of 2002, and for other purposes.
PL 107-250, H.R. 5651, H.R. 3580: "Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act of 2002"
Implementation of legislation to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to make improvements in the regulation of medical devices, and for other purposes.
S. 720, H.R. 663: “Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act”
Legislation to amend title IX of the Public Health Service Act to provide for the improvement of patient safety and to reduce the incidence of events that adversely affect patient safety.
S. 1450, H.R. 1177
Legislation to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide additional choice regarding unused health benefits in cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements.
S. 1570: “Fair Care for the Uninsured Act of 2003”
Legislation to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals a refundable credit against income tax for the purchase of private health insurance, and to establish State health insurance safety-net programs.
S. 1909, H.R. 3658: “Stroke Treatment and Ongoing Prevention Act”
Legislation to amend the Public Health Service Act to strengthen education, prevention, and treatment programs relating to stroke, and for other purposes.
S. 2003: “Health Information for Quality Improvement Act”
Legislation to amend the Public Health Service Act to promote higher quality health care and better health by strengthening health information, information infrastructure, and the use of health information by providers and patients.
S. 2163: “Small Employers Health Benefits Program Act of 2004”
Legislation to establish a national health program administered by the Office of Personnel Management to offer health benefits plans to individuals who are not Federal employees, and for other purposes.
S. 2421: “Health Care Modernization, Cost Reduction, and Quality Improvement Act”
Legislation to modernize the health care system through the use of information technology and to reduce costs, improves quality, and provides a new focus on prevention with respect to health care.
S. 2710: “National Health Information Technology Adoption Act”
Legislation to the Public Health Service Act to improve the quality and efficiency of health care delivery through improvements in health care information technology, and for other purposes.
S. 2880: “Medical Device Competition Act of 2004”
Legislation to amend title XI of the Social Security Act to ensure full and free competition in the medical device and hospital supply industries.
S. 2933: “Fair Access to Clinical Trials Act of 2004”
Legislation to amend the Public Health Service Act to expand the clinical trials drug data bank.
S. AMDT 2803: Legislation to provide $60 billion over five years for greater health security for working Americans and their families through a combination of public and private efforts to expand quality, affordable health insurance coverage and cut health care costs by eliminating certain tax loopholes.
H.R. 815: “Aneurysm Awareness Act”
Legislation to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a study with respect to aneurysms, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1709: “Stop Taking Our Health Privacy (STOHP) Act of 2003”
Legislation to restore standards to protect the privacy of individually identifiable health information that were weakened by the August 2002 modifications, and for other purposes.
H.R. 2698: “Health Insurance Certificate Act of 2003”
Legislation to provide for a system of health insurance certificates to increase the number of Americans with health insurance coverage.
H.R. 2915: “National Health Information Infrastructure Act of 2003”
Legislation to provide for a National Health Information Infrastructure and data and communication standards for health Information system interoperability.
H.R. 3035: “Medication Errors Reduction Act of 2003”
Legislation to establish an informatics grant program for hospitals and skilled nursing facilities in order to encourage health care providers to make major information technology advances.
H.R. 4622: “Health Care Choice Act”
Legislation to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce.
H.R. 4880: “Quality, Efficiency, Standards, and Technology for Health Care Transformation Act of 2004”
Legislation to improve the quality, efficiency, standards, and technology of health care, and for other purpose
H.R. 5252: “Fair Access to Clinical Trials Act”
Legislation to amend the Public Health Service Act and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the availability to the public of information on clinical trials to determine the safety and effectiveness of drugs, biological products, and devices, and for other purposes.
H. Res. 522: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that there is a critical need to increase awareness and education about heart disease and the risk factors of heart disease among women.
Communications with the Members of Congress and their staffs regarding FDA regulation of pediatric devices.
Communications with the Members of Congress and their staffs regarding role of remote monitoring technologies in advancing disease management/chronic care programs.
Communications with Treasury Departmeny officials regarding health informatics.
Communications with the Department of Health & Human Services, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, regarding request for information on the development and adoption of a National Health Information Network, as requested in the November 15, 2004 Federal Register.
Government targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
Public Law 107-250: "Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act of 2002"
Implementation of legislation to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to make improvements in the regulation of medical devices, and for other purposes.
PL 108-214, S. 1881, H.R. 3493: “Medical Devices Technical Corrections Act”
Legislation to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to make technical corrections relating to the amendments made by the Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act of 2002, and for other purposes.
S. 16: “Protecting Americans Medical Privacy Act”
Legislation to protect the civil rights of all Americans, and for other purposes.
S. 720, H.R. 663: “Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act”
Legislation to amend title IX of the Public Health Service Act to provide for the improvement of patient safety and to reduce the incidence of events that adversely affect patient safety.
S. 1450, H.R. 1177
Legislation to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide additional choice regarding unused health benefits in cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements.
S. 1570: “Fair Care for the Uninsured Act of 2003”
Legislation to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals a refundable credit against income tax for the purchase of private health insurance, and to establish State health insurance safety-net programs.
S. 1909, H.R. 3658: “Stroke Treatment and Ongoing Prevention Act”
Legislation to amend the Public Health Service Act to strengthen education, prevention, and treatment programs relating to stroke, and for other purposes.
S. 2003: “Health Information for Quality Improvement Act”
Legislation to amend the Public Health Service Act to promote higher quality health care and better health by strengthening health information, information infrastructure, and the use of health information by providers and patients.
S. 2163: “Small Employers Health Benefits Program Act of 2004”
Legislation to establish a national health program administered by the Office of Personnel Management to offer health benefits plans to individuals who are not Federal employees, and for other purposes.
S. 2421: “Health Care Modernization, Cost Reduction, and Quality Improvement Act”
Legislation to modernize the health care system through the use of information technology and to reduce costs, improves quality, and provides a new focus on prevention with respect to health care.
S. 2553, H.R. 4626: “Screening Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms Very Efficiently Act of 2004”
Legislation to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of screening ultrasound for abdominal aortic aneurysms under part B of the Medicare program.
S. AMDT 2803: Legislation to provide $60 billion over five years for greater health security for working Americans and their families through a combination of public and private efforts to expand quality, affordable health insurance coverage and cut health care costs by eliminating certain tax loopholes.
H.R. 815: “Aneurysm Awareness Act”
Legislation to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a study with respect to aneurysms, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1709: “Stop Taking Our Health Privacy (STOHP) Act of 2003”
Legislation to restore standards to protect the privacy of individually identifiable health information that were weakened by the August 2002 modifications, and for other purposes.
H.R. 2698: “Health Insurance Certificate Act of 2003”
Legislation to provide for a system of health insurance certificates to increase the number of Americans with health insurance coverage.
H.R. 2915: “National Health Information Infrastructure Act of 2003”
Legislation to provide for a National Health Information Infrastructure and data and communication standards for health Information system interoperability.
H.R. 3035: “Medication Errors Reduction Act of 2003”
Legislation to establish an informatics grant program for hospitals and skilled nursing facilities in order to encourage health care providers to make major information technology advances.
H.R. 4622: “Health Care Choice Act”
Legislation to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce.
H. Res. 522: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that there is a critical need to increase awareness and education about heart disease and the risk factors of heart disease among women.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $80,000
Government targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
S. 596, H.R. 767: "Invest in the U.S.A. Act of 2003: "Homeland Investment Act of 2003"
Legislation to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage the investment of foreign earnings within the United States for productive business investments and job creation.
S. 664, H.R. 463: “Investment in America Act of 2003”
Legislation to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the research credit, to increase the rates of the alternative incremental credit, and to provide an alternative simplified credit for qualified research expenses.
S. 970; H.R. 1769: “Job Protection Act of 2003”
Legislation to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to comply with the World Trade Organization rulings on the FSC/ETI benefit in a manner that preserves jobs and production activities in the United States.
S. 1475: “Promote Growth and Jobs in the USA Act of 2003”
Legislation to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to promote the competitiveness of American businesses, and for other purposes.
S. 1637; H.R. 2896: “Corporate Tax Breaks for U.S. Manufacturers Bill”
Legislation to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to comply with the World Trade Organization rulings on the FSC/ETI benefit in a manner that preserves jobs and production activities in the United States, to reform and simplify the international taxation rules of the United States, and for other purposes.
S. 1693: “Health Care Tax Credit Expansion Act of 2003”
Legislation to amend section 35 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals receiving unemployment compensation to be eligible for a refundable, advanceable credit for health insurance costs.
S. 1922, S. 1964: “American Manufacturing Jobs Act of 2003”
Legislation to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to comply with the World Trade Organization rulings on the FSC/ETI benefit in a manner that preserves manufacturing jobs and production activities in the United States, and for other purposes.
H.R. 583: “Fair Care for the Uninsured Act of 2003”
Legislation to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals a refundable credit against income tax for the purchase of private health insurance, and to establish State health insurance safety-net programs.
H.R. 1162: “Invest in America Act of 2003”
Legislation to amend the Internal Revenue Service Code of 1986 to allow a deduction for certain distributions from a controlled foreign corporation to encourage companies to invest in worker hiring and training, infrastructure investments, capital investments, financial stabilization of the company, and research and development.
H.R. 1177
Legislation to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide additional choice regarding unused health benefits in cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements.
H.R. 1236: “Securing Access, Value, and Equality in Health Care Act”
Legislation to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals a refundable credit against income tax for the purchase of private health insurance.
H.R. 2351: “Health Savings Account Availability Act”
Legislation to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a deduction to individuals for amounts contributed to health savings accounts and to provide for the disposition of unused health benefits in cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements.
H.R. 3901: Legislation to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a deduction for premiums for high deductible health plans required with respect to health savings accounts.
H.R. 4279, H.R. 4280, H.R. 4281, H. Res. 638: “Health Act of 2004”
Legislation to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the disposition of unused health benefits in cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements, to improve patient access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system, and to amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to improve access and choice for entrepreneurs with small businesses with respect to medical care for their employees.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $80,000
Government targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
Public Law 107-250: "Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act of 2002"
Implementation of legislation to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to make improvements in the regulation of medical devices, and for other purposes.
PL 108-214, S. 1881, H.R. 3493: “Medical Devices Technical Corrections Act”
Legislation to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to make technical corrections relating to the amendments made by the Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act of 2002, and for other purposes.
S. 16: “Protecting Americans Medical Privacy Act”
Legislation to protect the civil rights of all Americans, and for other purposes.
S. 720, H.R. 663: “Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act”
Legislation to amend title IX of the Public Health Service Act to provide for the improvement of patient safety and to reduce the incidence of events that adversely affect patient safety.
S. 1450, H.R. 1177
Legislation to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide additional choice regarding unused health benefits in cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements.
S. 1570: “Fair Care for the Uninsured Act of 2003”
Legislation to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals a refundable credit against income tax for the purchase of private health insurance, and to establish State health insurance safety-net programs.
S. 1909, H.R. 3658: “Stroke Treatment and Ongoing Prevention Act”
Legislation to amend the Public Health Service Act to strengthen education, prevention, and treatment programs relating to stroke, and for other purposes.
S. 2003: “Health Information for Quality Improvement Act”
Legislation to amend the Public Health Service Act to promote higher quality health care and better health by strengthening health information, information infrastructure, and the use of health information by providers and patients.
S. 2163: “Small Employers Health Benefits Program Act of 2004”
Legislation to establish a national health program administered by the Office of Personnel Management to offer health benefits plans to individuals who are not Federal employees, and for other purposes.
S. 2421: “Health Care Modernization, Cost Reduction, and Quality Improvement Act”
Legislation to modernize the health care system through the use of information technology and to reduce costs, improves quality, and provides a new focus on prevention with respect to health care.
S. 2553, H.R. 4626: “Screening Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms Very Efficiently Act of 2004”
Legislation to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of screening ultrasound for abdominal aortic aneurysms under part B of the Medicare program.
S. AMDT 2803: Legislation to provide $60 billion over five years for greater health security for working Americans and their families through a combination of public and private efforts to expand quality, affordable health insurance coverage and cut health care costs by eliminating certain tax loopholes.
H.R. 815: “Aneurysm Awareness Act”
Legislation to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a study with respect to aneurysms, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1709: “Stop Taking Our Health Privacy (STOHP) Act of 2003”
Legislation to restore standards to protect the privacy of individually identifiable health information that were weakened by the August 2002 modifications, and for other purposes.
H.R. 2698: “Health Insurance Certificate Act of 2003”
Legislation to provide for a system of health insurance certificates to increase the number of Americans with health insurance coverage.
H.R. 2915: “National Health Information Infrastructure Act of 2003”
Legislation to provide for a National Health Information Infrastructure and data and communication standards for health Information system interoperability.
H.R. 3035: “Medication Errors Reduction Act of 2003”
Legislation to establish an informatics grant program for hospitals and skilled nursing facilities in order to encourage health care providers to make major information technology advances.
H.R. 4622: “Health Care Choice Act”
Legislation to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce.
H. Res. 522: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that there is a critical need to increase awareness and education about heart disease and the risk factors of heart disease among women.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $80,000
Government targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
S. 596, H.R. 767: "Invest in the U.S.A. Act of 2003: "Homeland Investment Act of 2003"
Legislation to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage the investment of foreign earnings within the United States for productive business investments and job creation.
S. 664, H.R. 463: “Investment in America Act of 2003”
Legislation to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the research credit, to increase the rates of the alternative incremental credit, and to provide an alternative simplified credit for qualified research expenses.
S. 970; H.R. 1769: “Job Protection Act of 2003”
Legislation to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to comply with the World Trade Organization rulings on the FSC/ETI benefit in a manner that preserves jobs and production activities in the United States.
S. 1475: “Promote Growth and Jobs in the USA Act of 2003”
Legislation to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to promote the competitiveness of American businesses, and for other purposes.
S. 1637; H.R. 2896: “Corporate Tax Breaks for U.S. Manufacturers Bill”
Legislation to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to comply with the World Trade Organization rulings on the FSC/ETI benefit in a manner that preserves jobs and production activities in the United States, to reform and simplify the international taxation rules of the United States, and for other purposes.
S. 1693: “Health Care Tax Credit Expansion Act of 2003”
Legislation to amend section 35 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals receiving unemployment compensation to be eligible for a refundable, advanceable credit for health insurance costs.
S. 1922, S. 1964: “American Manufacturing Jobs Act of 2003”
Legislation to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to comply with the World Trade Organization rulings on the FSC/ETI benefit in a manner that preserves manufacturing jobs and production activities in the United States, and for other purposes.
H.R. 583: “Fair Care for the Uninsured Act of 2003”
Legislation to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals a refundable credit against income tax for the purchase of private health insurance, and to establish State health insurance safety-net programs.
H.R. 1162: “Invest in America Act of 2003”
Legislation to amend the Internal Revenue Service Code of 1986 to allow a deduction for certain distributions from a controlled foreign corporation to encourage companies to invest in worker hiring and training, infrastructure investments, capital investments, financial stabilization of the company, and research and development.
H.R. 1177
Legislation to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide additional choice regarding unused health benefits in cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements.
H.R. 1236: “Securing Access, Value, and Equality in Health Care Act”
Legislation to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals a refundable credit against income tax for the purchase of private health insurance.
H.R. 2351: “Health Savings Account Availability Act”
Legislation to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a deduction to individuals for amounts contributed to health savings accounts and to provide for the disposition of unused health benefits in cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements.
H.R. 3901: Legislation to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a deduction for premiums for high deductible health plans required with respect to health savings accounts.
H.R. 4279, H.R. 4280, H.R. 4281, H. Res. 638: “Health Act of 2004”
Legislation to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the disposition of unused health benefits in cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements, to improve patient access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system, and to amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to improve access and choice for entrepreneurs with small businesses with respect to medical care for their employees.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $80,000
Government targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
S. 2, H.R. 2: “Economic Stimulus Bill”
Legislation to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide additional tax incentives to encourage economic growth.
S. 9: “Pension Protection and Expansion Act of 2003”
Legislation to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to protect the retirement security of American workers by ensuring that pension assets are adequately diversified and by providing workers with adequate access to, and information about, their pension plans, and for other purposes.
S. 182, H.R. 626: “Ending the Double Standard for Stock Options Act”
Legislation to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that corporate tax benefits from stock option compensation expenses are allowed only to the extent such expenses are included in a corporation's financial statements
S. 206, H.R. 286
Legislation to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify the treatment of incentive stock options and employee stock purchase plans.
S. 596, H.R. 767: "Invest in the U.S.A. Act of 2003"/"Homeland Investment Act of 2003"
Legislation to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage the investment of foreign earnings within the United States for productive business investments and job creation.
S. 664, H.R. 463: “Investment in America Act of 2003”
Legislation to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the research credit, to increase the rates of the alternative incremental credit, and to provide an alternative simplified credit for qualified research expenses.
S. 970; H.R. 1769: “Job Protection Act of 2003”
Legislation to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to comply with the World Trade Organization rulings on the FSC/ETI benefit in a manner that preserves jobs and production activities in the United States.
H.R. 22
Legislation to simplify certain provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and to establish a uniform pass-thru regime (stock option bill).
H.R. 583: “Fair Care for the Uninsured Act of 2003”
Legislation to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals a refundable credit against income tax for the purchase of private health insurance, and to establish State health insurance safety-net programs.
H.R. 1177
Legislation to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide additional choice regarding unused health benefits in cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements.
H.R. 1236: “Securing Access, Value, and Equality in Health Care Act”
Legislation to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals a refundable credit against income tax for the purchase of private health insurance.
H.R. 1776: “Pension Preservation and Savings Expansion Act of 2003”
Legislation to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make today's retirement savings opportunities permanent, to expand and improve retirement savings vehicles, to extend pension coverage through regulatory simplification and small business incentives, to enhance fairness and pension portability, to revitalize defined benefit plans, to provide additional defined contribution plan protections, to assist individuals in preserving their income throughout retirement, and for other purposes.
H.R. 2351: “Health Savings Account Availability Act”
Legislation to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a deduction to individuals for amounts contributed to health savings accounts and to provide for the disposition of unused health benefits in cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements.
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)