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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPAC), also known as Obamacare, is a United States federal statute passed in March of 2010. The Act creates a nationwide insurance system and provides federal... more +
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPAC), also known as Obamacare, is a United States federal statute passed in March of 2010. The Act creates a nationwide insurance system and provides federal subsidies to reduce the number of uninsured citizens. less -
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What risks do employers face by excluding coverage for gender affirming care in their health plans?

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In recent years, courts have ruled upon a growing number of cases arising from delivery of and payment for gender affirming care. At the same time, state legislatures have passed a variety of laws aimed at such services. ...more

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Federal Court Decides ACA “Sabotage” Case

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On March 4th, the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland struck down four provisions of the Trump Administration’s Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2019, 83 Fed. Reg. 16930 (April 17, 2018) (the “Rule”),...more

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Post-Election 2020 - Health Care Preview

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With the presidential transition underway, we now look forward to what the Biden administration will seek to accomplish, particularly in the realm of health care policy. President-elect Biden has been clear that he wants to...more

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New Health Care Transparency Requirements: Will They Lower Cost and Improve Quality?

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On November 12, 2020, the Trump administration published its final rule on price transparency (the “Final Rule”) requiring affected entities to publicly release personalized information on out-of-pocket costs as well as...more

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Post-Election Health Policy Outlook & Analysis

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The following provides a high-level overview of how the November 3, 2020 election results will impact certain health care issues and policies. This analysis assumes that the Biden-Harris Electoral College win will be...more

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The Affordable Care Act at Risk: American Health Policy at a Crossroads

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We are at a major crossroads in U.S. health policy. The direction for American health care in 2021 and beyond will depend in large part on events that are unfolding now, and that will come to fruition in the first half of...more

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Health Plan Transparency Final Rule Requires New Health Plan Disclosures

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On October 29, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and Department of Labor (DOL) issued the final rule on transparency in health plan coverage. The final rule imposes...more

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Trump Administration Approves Georgia’s Limited Expansion of Medicaid and Work Requiremen

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CMS approved Georgia’s Section 1115 demonstration project to partially expand Medicaid coverage for adults not otherwise eligible for Medicaid coverage with incomes up to 95 percent of the Federal Poverty Line (FPL)—short of...more

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Update on California v. Texas, U.S. Supreme Court Case Challenging the Affordable Care Act

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On Nov. 10, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments for California v. Texas, the case challenging the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) constitutionality. This case centers on the ACA’s minimum essential coverage...more

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Will Severability Rescue the Affordable Care Act? If Not, What Comes Next?

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Health care policy and business face consequential times ahead, with Election Day Nov. 3 and a challenge to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) being heard before the Supreme Court on Nov. 10. In February 2018, two months after...more

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Trump v. Biden: A Workplace Law Preview

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Either incumbent Donald Trump or challenger Joe Biden will be inaugurated as president on January 20, 2021 – and the impact on workplace law will be significant. Each candidate has provided us with clues (some subtle, some...more

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Better Healthcare Newsletter from Patrick Malone - October 2020

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Americans have struggled through multiple presidential terms with concerns that the rest of the industrialized world has already fixed: Is health care a right or a privilege? Must medical services come with crushing costs for...more

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ACA Attacked By Left and Right; New Jersey’s Response

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After the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, in a 2-1 decision last December, declared the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA’s) individual health insurance mandate unconstitutional as a result of Congress’ elimination of...more

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Short-Term Limited Duration Insurance Rule Upheld

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld the final regulations issued by the Trump administration that increased the availability of short term, limited duration insurance (STLDI). ...more

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Taxpayers That Paid The Net Investment Income Tax Or The Additional Medicare Tax Should Consider Filing Protective Claims For...

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Individuals, estates, and trusts that paid significant amounts of the 3.8% net investment income tax or the 0.9% additional Medicare tax in 2016 or later years should consider filing protective claims for refund of those...more

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Sad Day for Coupon-Clippers

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Seyfarth Synopsis: Recently, the Trump Administration issued its proposed Notice of Benefit & Payment Parameter for 2021 regulations....more

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PCORI Fee Resurrected

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In the summer of 2019, I wrote a short blog on the death of the PCORI fee — Ding, Dong, the PCORI Fee is Dead!. When enacted as part of the Affordable Care Act, the fee was set to expire with plan/policy years ending after...more

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Repeal of Cadillac Tax, increase of RMD age included in end-of-year federal spending bill

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Last Friday night, President Trump signed into law a year-end $1.4 trillion spending bill that will fund the government through September 30, 2020. Included in the bill were a number of provisions that impact...more

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Do We Still (Obama-)Care About the Individual Mandate?— Fifth Circuit Holds the Mandate to Be Unconstitutional but Remands for...

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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, often referred to as Obamacare (the “ACA”) has survived two trips to the U.S. Supreme Court. It remains to be seen whether there will be a third. ...more

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“Cadillac Tax” on High-Cost Group Health Plans Repealed

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On December 20, 2019, the President signed into law the “Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020” (the “Act”). Among many other things, the Act repeals the Affordable Care Act’s controversial 40% excise tax on high-cost...more

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GOP lawsuit hasn’t shoved health care off a cliff — not yet. But ACA in limbo helps nobody.

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Insurers feast on uncertainty the way most of us attack a holiday spread. They can relish risk because they know it can mean higher premiums and profits for their dealing with clients’ risks. This is one point to keep in mind...more

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Congress passes FY 2020 funding bill with tax benefits for energy, health care, and retirement plans

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In a rare display of bipartisanship, after intense last minute negotiations between congressional leadership and the Executive Branch, President Donald Trump signed into law legislation passed last week by Congress to...more

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Cadillac Tax is Movin’ Out

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Seyfarth Synopsis: Although it is not law yet, according to the must-pass spending legislation passed by both the House and Senate, it looks like the infamous Cadillac Tax and the Annual Fee on Health Insurance Providers (HIP...more

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Fifth Circuit Rules Individual Mandate Unconstitutional; Fate of Rest of ACA Remains in Doubt

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In a 2-1 decision, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a district court ruling that the individual mandate under the Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional. However, the Fifth Circuit has sent the case back to the...more

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Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down Key Obamacare Rule

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A federal appeals court has ruled that the Affordable Care Act’s (“ACA”) individual mandate is unconstitutional. On December 18, 2019, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals struck down this key Obamacare provision and remanded...more

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