Earlier this week Dan Foley, Ryan Kastner & Yesenia Perez from the Innovative team headed to Washington D.C. for the NAHU 2018 Capitol Conference. During their time in Washington, the trio attended a number of informative sessions that detailed changing legislation that directly impacts the health insurance market and engaged in discussions with lawmakers; lobbying with Congressman Tom MacArthur, Senator Bob Mendez and Senator Cory Booker to affect positive change in legislation to benefit employers. Dan Foley & Ryan Kastner were honored to be selected by NAHU to sit on the “Healthcare 2020 Think Tank” panel during which they discussed UBA health plan benchmarking data and how that data has been used to successfully gain meaningful clients and institute data-driven strategies with our clients and in NAHU’s legislative successes. The power of this data recently played a large role in the HIT tax moratorium for 2019 and the delay of the Cadillac tax for two more years.
Dan & Ryan are excited to share what they learned during our upcoming “Update from the Hill” seminars. We hope you’ll join us for one of these sessions where attendees will get an insider’s look into what is going on is Washington and learn how they can prepare their organization for upcoming legislative changes. You can read more about the seminars and register here.
If you missed our live tweets from #NAHUCapCon2018 check them out below:
Innovative is tweeting live from #NAHUCapCon2018 over the next few days. Stay tuned for updates from the team. @nahudotorg pic.twitter.com/izkPt1Ap6r
— Innovative Bene Plan (@Inno_Bene_Plan) February 26, 2018
Dan, Ryan, and Yesenia are in D.C. ready for the @nahudotorg Conference. They had a great private conversation with CEO Janet Trautwein last night and are looking forward to her talk at the General Assembly today. #NAHUCapCon2018
— Innovative Bene Plan (@Inno_Bene_Plan) February 26, 2018
Live from the general session- NAHU discusses what they are lobbying for in the individual market. #NAHUCapCon2018
— Innovative Bene Plan (@Inno_Bene_Plan) February 26, 2018
Hearing now- NAHU’s position on Taxes & Market Stability #NAHUCapCon2018
— Innovative Bene Plan (@Inno_Bene_Plan) February 26, 2018
NAHU’s senior Government Affairs staff celebrating our legislative wins in our efforts to stabilize the individual health insurance market! #DelayedCadillacTax #DelayedHITtax #DelayedMedicalDeviceTax #CHIPfunding #NAHUCapCon2018 pic.twitter.com/ng2mUKh5nq
— NAHU (@nahudotorg) February 26, 2018
On to the final topic of this session- Bipartisan efforts to help Medicare beneficiaries. Legislation is forthcoming. #NAHUCapCon2018
— Innovative Bene Plan (@Inno_Bene_Plan) February 26, 2018
Post lunch- (Legislative Open Forum & Town Hall) Janet is speaking to us about what to expect for our Hill visits tomorrow. #NAHUCapCon2018 pic.twitter.com/ySXXC4xkwa
— Innovative Bene Plan (@Inno_Bene_Plan) February 26, 2018
(paraphrased from Janet Trautwein)— Our purpose is to come together with one voice— to represent the folks back home, our clients, their employees etc. #NAHUCapCon2018 pic.twitter.com/CvMTdVdSVF
— Innovative Bene Plan (@Inno_Bene_Plan) February 26, 2018
Sitting in the town hall session where we can go up and ask questions to the CEO of NAHU. Pretty good questions so far! Janet is providing NAHUs reasoning behind some of their lobbying efforts. #NAHUCapCon2018 pic.twitter.com/fxQL6igx6c
— Innovative Bene Plan (@Inno_Bene_Plan) February 26, 2018
At Complaince Corner Live discussing compliance issues that we deal with on a day to day basis with employer clients & how best to advise them. #NAHUCapCon2018 pic.twitter.com/TEuQj4VsiV
— Innovative Bene Plan (@Inno_Bene_Plan) February 26, 2018
Innovative’s Dan Foley and Ryan Kastner had a great time sharing their insights during this afternoon’s Healthcare 2020 Think Tank Session. #NAHUCapCon2018 pic.twitter.com/lhgjqAQZYa
— Innovative Bene Plan (@Inno_Bene_Plan) February 26, 2018
Kicking off the general session this morning with a talk on the Role of Agents. #NAHUCapCon2018 pic.twitter.com/GjsRfPW6P6
— Innovative Bene Plan (@Inno_Bene_Plan) February 27, 2018
More great content in the general session. Fact #8 rings true in employer markets. #NAHUCapCon2018 pic.twitter.com/nrxbfMjOFz
— Innovative Bene Plan (@Inno_Bene_Plan) February 27, 2018
Paul Lee of Covered California discussing the value of improving the delivery of care. #NAHUCapCon2018 pic.twitter.com/I513yEm95N
— Innovative Bene Plan (@Inno_Bene_Plan) February 27, 2018
We’re looking forward to Stuart Rothenberg, Senior Editor of Inside Elections, sharing his thoughts on
what to expect from the 2018 Midterm Elections. #NAHUCapCon2018 pic.twitter.com/B3sbBNc2lH— Innovative Bene Plan (@Inno_Bene_Plan) February 27, 2018
From our neck of the woods— Congressmen Tom Reed (R-NY) & Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Co-Chairs, Problem Solvers Caucus, will be discussing bipartisan house health insurance proposals to the crowd. #NAHUCapCon2018 pic.twitter.com/FqlTcB0kN6
— Innovative Bene Plan (@Inno_Bene_Plan) February 27, 2018
NY: “we need to get closer to ‘Yes’ … when we have this gridlock, it’s the American people back home who suffer” #NAHUCapCon2018
— Innovative Bene Plan (@Inno_Bene_Plan) February 27, 2018
Eric Hargan, Deputy Secretary, HHS: “we need to get to a place of value & wellness as opposed to high cost” when speaking about the issues with regard to RX & out of pocket costs. #NAHUCapCon2018 pic.twitter.com/AAfdP4b16R
— Innovative Bene Plan (@Inno_Bene_Plan) February 27, 2018
Lobbying on Capitol Hill this afternoon with Tom MacArthur & Bob Menendez #NAHUCapCon2018
— Innovative Bene Plan (@Inno_Bene_Plan) February 27, 2018
Innovative’s in-house Compliance Counsel, Yesenia Perez, before heading in to lobby with Congressman Tom MacArthur. #NAHUCapCon2018 pic.twitter.com/Pj7HN9lNs2
— Innovative Bene Plan (@Inno_Bene_Plan) February 27, 2018
Ryan, Dan and Yesenia headed in to see Senator Corey Booker. #NAHUCapCon2018 pic.twitter.com/jPzoCuSAHo
— Innovative Bene Plan (@Inno_Bene_Plan) February 27, 2018
That’s a wrap! The team is headed back to the office and excited to share insights from #NAHUCapCon2018 at our upcoming “Update from the Hill” seminars. Want to hear all of the inside scoop from Washington? Register for one of our seminars here: https://t.co/Kr07B8xHWo pic.twitter.com/xvYCHKS4x5
— Innovative Bene Plan (@Inno_Bene_Plan) February 28, 2018
