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"Under the ACA preventive services requirement, employer health plans and insurers must cover, without cost sharing, all immunizations recommended by ACIP and adopted by the CDC," wrote two WTW-affiliated physicians — Jeff Levin-Scherz and Patricia Toro.

The new "revenue procedure" provides parameters for benefits arrangements such as cafeteria plans and qualified small employer health reimbursements.

Beginning Jan. 1, employers can choose between two methods for calculating the credit -- a wages-paid method or a newly introduced premium-based method.

PBMs predict the new law will increase costs at fully insured plans by $1,800 per enrollee per year.

The chamber also sent the House a bill that would add two ESOP reps to the ERISA Advisory Council.

The government health program fights in Washington could hit small employers hard, because government programs provide health benefits for 19% of their workers.