US EditionTrump administration urged by US House Dems to act on health insurance claim denials
House Democrats demand better enforcement and staffing at EBSA to reduce costly health claim denials affecting 136 million ERISA plan participants, urging renewed advisory council role.
- On Tuesday, House Democrats Bobby Scott and Mark DeSaulnier sent a letter urging EBSA Assistant Secretary Daniel Aronowitz to act on improper health insurance claim denials.
- Citing harms, the lawmakers noted improper claim denials cause delays in treatment, worsened outcomes, higher costs and unnecessary deaths, while EBSA staff declined by more than a fifth under President Donald Trump.
- Improving appeal rights, the letter asked EBSA to consult the Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans and urged implementing long-delayed transparency requirements, including building on Form 5500 reporting.
- The department did not immediately respond Tuesday, and DOL estimated roughly 136 million participants and beneficiaries covered by about 2.6 million ERISA-covered group health plans in 2022.
- The Senate Appropriations Committee maintained fiscal 2026 EBSA funding at $191 million, while the Trump administration requested $181 million, a $10 million proposed cut.
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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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