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House Democrats urge EBSA to implement transparency rules and improve staffing amid a 20% staff decline and $10 million funding cut, to reduce harmful health claim denials.
- On Tuesday, Bobby Scott and Mark DeSaulnier sent a letter urging EBSA Assistant Secretary Daniel Aronowitz to address claim denials, made public to States Newsroom.
- Because denials can be deadly, the Democrats highlighted improper claim denials cause treatment delays, worsened health outcomes, high costs, and cited EBSA staff decline under President Donald Trump.
- The letter calls specifically for data, appeals improvements and council consultation by asking EBSA to implement transparency requirements, enhance appeals, and consult the Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans after DOL delayed reports, purged consumer advocates' testimonies, and missed four mandated meetings.
- Roughly 136 million participants and beneficiaries in about 2.6 million ERISA-covered group health plans could be affected, and the U.S. Department of Labor did not immediately respond Tuesday.
- With authority over ERISA Title I, Aronowitz faces fiscal 2026 funding debates as the Senate keeps EBSA at $191 million, despite the Trump administration's $181 million request.
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Trump administration urged by Democrats to act on health insurance claim denials
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Health insurance claim form. (krisanapong detraphiphat/Getty Images)WASHINGTON — Two leading Democrats on a U.S. House panel called on the head of an agency within the U.S. Department of Labor responsible for protecting workers’ benefits to take action to address improper health insurance claim denials, in a Tuesday letter provided exclusively to States Newsroom. Reps. Bobby Scott of Virginia and Mark DeSaulnier of California — the respective …
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Health insurance claim form. (krisanapong detraphiphat/Getty Images)WASHINGTON — Two leading Democrats on a U.S. House panel called on the head of an agency within the U.S. Department of Labor responsible for protecting workers’ benefits to take action to address improper health insurance claim denials, in a Tuesday letter provided exclusively to States Newsroom. Reps. Bobby Scott of Virginia and Mark DeSaulnier of California — the respective …
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