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This Week From the Hill (March 22 – 28, 2026)
April 3, 2026 Michael Kreps, Ryan Temme, Kevin Walsh, Brigen Winters Groom Law Group, Chartered + Follow x Following x Following - Unfollow Contact To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Each week while Congress is in session, our Policy team delivers a key update to highlight a topical benefits, health, or retirement news item from the Hill, such as a newly introduced bill, a summary of a committee hearing, or another hot-button matter.
This Week From The Hill (March 22 – 28, 2026)
GL Groom Law Group More Groom Law is the nation’s preeminent benefits, retirement, and health care law firm. We built our success over decades of solving complex ERISA/employee benefits challenges in the public and private sectors, providing innovative legal solutions, value, and true partnership to our clients every step of the way.
Second Case Regarding Prescription Drug Costs Dismissed
GL Groom Law Group More Groom Law is the nation’s preeminent benefits, retirement, and health care law firm. We built our success over decades of solving complex ERISA/employee benefits challenges in the public and private sectors, providing innovative legal solutions, value, and true partnership to our clients every step of the way.
Second Case Regarding Prescription Drug Costs Dismissed
On March 3, 2026, a federal district court in Minnesota dismissed a lawsuit alleging that an employer imprudently managed its self-funded health plan’s prescription drug benefit, causing the plan participants to overpay for health benefits. This alert provides a summary of the District of Minnesota’s recent decision in Navarro v.
This Week From the Hill (January 11 – 17, 2026) | JD Supra
Each week while Congress is in session, our Policy team delivers a key update to highlight a topical benefits, health, or retirement news item from the Hill, such as a newly introduced bill, a summary of a committee hearing, or another hot-button matter. On December 19, the tri-agencies issued a proposed rule on transparency in health care pricing.
This Week From The Hill (January 11 - 17, 2026)
On December 19, the tri-agencies issued a proposed rule on transparency in health care pricing.
This Week From The Hill (December 7 - 13, 2025)
Michael Kreps’s articles from Groom Law Group are most popular: with readers working within the Construction & Engineering industries The Senate has scheduled a vote for December 11 on a Democratic proposal to extend the expiring enhanced Advance Premium Tax Credits ("APTCs") for three years. This vote is unlikely to have the support necessary to pass the Senate. Senate Republicans are working on an alternative proposal to bring up for a vote as well.
This Week From the Hill (December 7 – 13, 2025) | JD Supra
Each week while Congress is in session, our Policy team delivers a key update to highlight a topical benefits, health, or retirement news item from the Hill, such as a newly introduced bill, a summary of a committee hearing, or another hot-button matter. The Senate has scheduled a vote for December 11 on a Democratic proposal to extend the expiring enhanced Advance Premium Tax Credits (“APTCs”) for three years. This vote is unlikely to have the support necessary to pass the Senate.
This Week From The Hill (November 23- 29, 2025)
Each week while Congress is in session, our Policy team delivers a key update to highlight a topical benefits, health, or retirement news item from the Hill, such as a newly introduced bill, a summary of a committee hearing, or another hot-button matter. Lawmakers have gone home for Thanksgiving without a plan on whether or how Congress will address expiring enhanced Advance Premium Tax Credits ("APTCs") or other health care policy changes.
This Week From the Hill (November 16 – 22, 2025) | JD Supra
Each week while Congress is in session, our Policy team delivers a key update to highlight a topical benefits, health, or retirement news item from the Hill, such as a newly introduced bill, a summary of a committee hearing, or another hot-button matter. On November 12, the House of Representatives voted 222-209 to reopen the government. President Trump signed the bill shortly thereafter.
This Week From The Hill (November 9 - 15, 2025)
On November 9, senators voted 60-40 on a procedural vote to proceed with legislation to reopen the government. The agreement reached by Senate Republican leadership and a group of Senate Democrats and one independent provides funding for most federal agencies through January 30, 2026, and includes three full-year spending bills funding military construction, the Departments of Agriculture and Veterans Affairs, and the legislative branch through September 30, 2026.
This Week From the Hill (November 9 – 15, 2025) | JD Supra
Each week while Congress is in session, our Policy team delivers a key update to highlight a topical benefits, health, or retirement news item from the Hill, such as a newly introduced bill, a summary of a committee hearing, or another hot-button matter. On November 9, senators voted 60-40 on a procedural vote to proceed with legislation to reopen the government.
This Week From The Hill (November 2 - 8, 2025)
Each week while Congress is in session, our Policy team delivers a key update to highlight a topical benefits, health, or retirement news item from the Hill, such as a newly introduced bill, a summary of a committee hearing, or another hot-button matter.
This Week From the Hill (November 2 – 8, 2025) | JD Supra
Each week while Congress is in session, our Policy team delivers a key update to highlight a topical benefits, health, or retirement news item from the Hill, such as a newly introduced bill, a summary of a committee hearing, or another hot-button matter.
This Week From The Hill (October 26 - November 1, 2025)
Groom Law Group are most popular: with readers working within the Transport and Utilities industries Each week while Congress is in session, our Policy team delivers a key update to highlight a topical benefits, health, or retirement news item from the Hill, such as a newly introduced bill, a summary of a committee hearing, or another hot-button matter.
This Week From the Hill (October 26 – November 1, 2025) | JD Supra
Each week while Congress is in session, our Policy team delivers a key update to highlight a topical benefits, health, or retirement news item from the Hill, such as a newly introduced bill, a summary of a committee hearing, or another hot-button matter.
This Week From The Hill (October 19 - 25, 2025)
Groom Law Group are most popular: with readers working within the Transport and Utilities industries Lawmakers have still not agreed on terms to reopen the federal government. The Senate has now voted eleven times on a Republican resolution to open the government.
This Week From The Hill (October 5 - 11, 2025)
Each week while Congress is in session, our Policy team delivers a key update to highlight a topical benefits, health, or retirement news item from the Hill, such as a newly introduced bill, a summary of a committee hearing, or another hot-button matter. Most federal agencies are prohibited from conducting normal operations during the shutdown, though many functions related directly to national defense, health, and safety are permitted to continue.
This Week From The Hill (September 21 - 27, 2025)
On September 19, the House approved a stopgap funding bill (H.R. 5371) by a vote of 217-212 to fund the government at current levels from September 30 when current funding for the government's fiscal year expires to November 21. The bill includes an extension of Medicare telehealth rules that were eased during COVID and additional funding to increase security for members of Congress and other public officials.
This Week From The Hill (August 3 - 9, 2025)
Each week while Congress is in session, our Policy team delivers a key update to highlight a topical benefits, health, or retirement news item from the Hill, such as a newly introduced bill, a summary of a committee hearing, or another hot-button matter.
This Week From the Hill (August 3 – 9, 2025) | JD Supra
Each week while Congress is in session, our Policy team delivers a key update to highlight a topical benefits, health, or retirement news item from the Hill, such as a newly introduced bill, a summary of a committee hearing, or another hot-button matter.
This Week From The Hill (July 27 - August 2, 2025)
GG Groom Law Group More Groom Law is the nation’s preeminent benefits, retirement, and health care law firm. We built our success over decades of solving complex ERISA/employee benefits challenges in the public and private sectors, providing innovative legal solutions, value, and true partnership to our clients every step of the way.
This Week From the Hill (July 27 – August 2, 2025) | JD Supra
Each week while Congress is in session, our Policy team delivers a key update to highlight a topical benefits, health, or retirement news item from the Hill, such as a newly introduced bill, a summary of a committee hearing, or another hot-button matter.
One Big Beautiful Bill - Plan Sponsor-Related Health And Welfare Provisions
GG Groom Law Group More Groom Law is the nation’s preeminent benefits, retirement, and health care law firm. We built our success over decades of solving complex ERISA/employee benefits challenges in the public and private sectors, providing innovative legal solutions, value, and true partnership to our clients every step of the way. On July 4, President Trump signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the "OBBB").
This Week From The Hill (July 20 - July 26, 2025)
GG Groom Law Group More Groom Law is the nation’s preeminent benefits, retirement, and health care law firm. We built our success over decades of solving complex ERISA/employee benefits challenges in the public and private sectors, providing innovative legal solutions, value, and true partnership to our clients every step of the way. Each week while Congress is in session, our Policy team delivers a key update to highlight a topical benefits, health, or retirement news item from the Hill...
This Week From The Hill (July 13 - July 19, 2025)
Each week while Congress is in session, our Policy team delivers a key update to highlight a topical benefits, health, or retirement news item from the Hill, such as a newly introduced bill, a summary of a committee hearing, or another hot-button matter. Now that Congress has passed the One Big Beautiful Bill ("OBBB"), lawmakers have resumed working on appropriations for Fiscal Year 2026.
This Week From the Hill (July 13 – July 19, 2025) | JD Supra
Each week while Congress is in session, our Policy team delivers a key update to highlight a topical benefits, health, or retirement news item from the Hill, such as a newly introduced bill, a summary of a committee hearing, or another hot-button matter. Now that Congress has passed the One Big Beautiful Bill (“OBBB”), lawmakers have resumed working on appropriations for Fiscal Year 2026.
This Week From The Hill (June 29 - July 5, 2025)
Each week while Congress is in session, our Policy team delivers a key update to highlight a topical benefits, health, or retirement news item from the Hill, such as a newly introduced bill, a summary of a committee hearing, or another hot-button matter. Senate Republicans released revised text for the budget reconciliation bill (H.R. 1) over the weekend after rulings from the Senate parliamentarian necessitated changes to several provisions.
This Week From The Hill (June 22 - 28, 2025)
Each week while Congress is in session, our Policy team delivers a key update to highlight a topical benefits, health, or retirement news item from the Hill, such as a newly introduced bill, a summary of a committee hearing, or another hot-button matter. The Senate Finance Committee released its initial budget reconciliation text (section-by-section) on June 16.
This Week From The Hill (June 15 - 21, 2025)
Each week while Congress is in session, our Policy team delivers a key update to highlight a topical benefits, health, or retirement news item from the Hill, such as a newly introduced bill, a summary of a committee hearing, or another hot-button matter. The Senate Finance Committee is expected to release its portion of the One Big Beautiful Bill ("BBB") early this week after it reviews procedural Byrd Rule issues with the Senate parliamentarian.
This Week From The Hill (June 8 - 14, 2025)
Each week while Congress is in session, our Policy team delivers a key update to highlight a topical benefits, health, or retirement news item from the Hill, such as a newly introduced bill, a summary of a committee hearing, or another hot-button matter. Senate Republican leadership expects to finish the Senate's work on the One Big Beautiful Bill ("BBB") package by the end of the month.
This Week From the Hill (June 8 – 14, 2025) | JD Supra
Each week while Congress is in session, our Policy team delivers a key update to highlight a topical benefits, health, or retirement news item from the Hill, such as a newly introduced bill, a summary of a committee hearing, or another hot-button matter. Senate Republican leadership expects to finish the Senate’s work on the One Big Beautiful Bill (“BBB”) package by the end of the month.
One Big Beautiful Bill: The Health & Retirement Provisions
In the early morning hours of May 22, the House of Representatives passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1, "BBB"), the House's version of a budget reconciliation bill that includes most of President Trump's legislative priorities, including extending expiring provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 ("TCJA"), spending reductions, Medicaid reforms, enhanced energy production incentives, and increased defense and border spending.
Departments Pause Enforcement Of MHPAEA Final Rule And Reconsider MHPAEA Enforcement Program
GG Groom Law Group More Groom Law is the nation’s preeminent benefits, retirement, and health care law firm. We built our success over decades of solving complex ERISA/employee benefits challenges in the public and private sectors, providing innovative legal solutions, value, and true partnership to our clients every step of the way. In a widely anticipated and welcome move, the Departments of Health and Human Services ("HHS"), the Treasury, and Labor ("DOL") (collectively, the "Departments")...
Departments Pause Enforcement of MHPAEA Final Rule and Reconsider MHPAEA Enforcement Program | JD Supra
In a widely anticipated and welcome move, the Departments of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), the Treasury, and Labor (“DOL”) (collectively, the “Departments”), sought an abeyance of a lawsuit challenging the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (“MHPAEA”) Final Rule (the “Final Rule”). An abeyance is a typical practice for a new administration to use where it is in the position of having to defend a prior administration’s rule in litigation.
This Week From The Hill (May 4 - 10, 2025)
The Trump Administration "skinny budget" was released on May 2. The skinny budget provides a brief outline of the Administration's spending priorities for Fiscal Year 2026. A more fulsome budget will be released at a later date. An administration's budget request is seen as a discussion document to highlight White House priorities rather than directions to appropriators. When appropriators receive the full budget, they will consider those numbers when proceeding with the FY26 appropriations bills.
This Week From the Hill (May 4 – 10, 2025) | JD Supra
Each week while Congress is in session, our Policy team delivers a key update to highlight a topical benefits, health, or retirement news item from the Hill, such as a newly introduced bill, a summary of a committee hearing, or another hot-button matter. The Trump Administration “skinny budget” was released on May 2. The skinny budget provides a brief outline of the Administration’s spending priorities for Fiscal Year 2026. A more fulsome budget will be released at a later date.
This Week From The Hill (April 6 - 12, 2025)
Each week while Congress is in session, our Policy team delivers a key update to highlight a topical benefits, health, or retirement news item from the Hill, such as a newly introduced bill, a summary of a committee hearing, or another hot-button matter. On April 5th, Senate Republicans passed a budget resolution by a vote of 51-48. The Senate resolution has the "complete and total support" of President Trump, but may face headwinds in the House.
This Week From the Hill (April 6 – 12, 2025) | JD Supra
Each week while Congress is in session, our Policy team delivers a key update to highlight a topical benefits, health, or retirement news item from the Hill, such as a newly introduced bill, a summary of a committee hearing, or another hot-button matter. On April 5th, Senate Republicans passed a budget resolution by a vote of 51-48. The Senate resolution has the “complete and total support” of President Trump, but may face headwinds in the House.
This Week From The Hill (March 30 - April 5, 2025)
Each week while Congress is in session, our Policy team delivers a key update to highlight a topical benefits, health, or retirement news item from the Hill, such as a newly introduced bill, a summary of a committee hearing, or another hot-button matter. Republican leadership in the House and Senate continue to move forward with the budget reconciliation process. Both chambers passed budget resolutions in late February, but they now need to reconcile their different approaches.
Plaintiffs Double Down On Challenges To PBM Arrangements In Class Action Lawsuits Involving Johnson & Johnson And JPMorganChase
GG Groom Law Group More Groom Law is the nation’s preeminent benefits, retirement, and health care law firm. We built our success over decades of solving complex ERISA/employee benefits challenges in the public and private sectors, providing innovative legal solutions, value, and true partnership to our clients every step of the way. On March 10, 2024, the plaintiffs filed an amended complaint in a much-followed putative class action lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson ("J&J")...
Plaintiffs Double Down on Challenges to PBM Arrangements in Class Action Lawsuits Involving Johnson & Johnson and JPMorganChase | JD Supra
On March 10, 2024, the plaintiffs filed an amended complaint in a much-followed putative class action lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson (“J&J”) alleging that the plan fiduciaries for J&J’s group health plan violated ERISA by mismanaging its self-funded health plan’s prescription drug benefit. See our prior alerts on the J&J litigation here and here.
This Week From The Hill (March 16 - 22, 2025)
Each week while Congress is in session, our Policy team delivers a key update to highlight a topical benefits, health, or retirement news item from the Hill, such as a newly introduced bill, a summary of a committee hearing, or another hot-button matter. On March 11, House Republicans passed stopgap spending legislation, known as a continuing resolution ("CR"), to fund the government through September 30. The legislation passed 217-213. Rep.
This Week From the Hill (March 16 – 22, 2025) | JD Supra
Each week while Congress is in session, our Policy team delivers a key update to highlight a topical benefits, health, or retirement news item from the Hill, such as a newly introduced bill, a summary of a committee hearing, or another hot-button matter. On March 11, House Republicans passed stopgap spending legislation, known as a continuing resolution (“CR”), to fund the government through September 30. The legislation passed 217-213. Rep.
This Week From The Hill (March 9 - 15, 2025)
Each week while Congress is in session, our Policy team delivers a key update to highlight a topical benefits, health, or retirement news item from the Hill, such as a newly introduced bill, a summary of a committee hearing, or another hot-button matter. On March 8, House Republicans released a stopgap spending bill, known as a continuing resolution ("CR").
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