WASHINGTON BUREAU — The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC)– an employer group – is asking the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to make administration of the new comparative effectiveness research fee as simple as possible.
"The fee and the associated administrative costs are real and immediate, and apply at a time when ERIC's members are struggling to cope with a mounting roster of expensive health mandates, as well as increasing health care costs," ERIC President Mark Ugoretz says in a comment letter sent to the IRS.
ERIC submitted the plea for simplicity in response to a request for comment posted by the IRS in June.
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