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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 +

Bipartisan Budget Deal Includes Provisions Impacting Employers

Littler on 11/3/2015

On Monday, President Obama signed into law a two-year bipartisan budget deal that has several implications for employers. The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (H.R. 1314) suspends the debt ceiling limit until March 2017, and...more

Employee Benefits Alert - July 2015

Franczek P.C. on 8/4/2015

Major Revisions to Qualified Plan Determination Letter Process Announced - Effective January 1, 2017, the staggered five-year determination letter remedial amendment cycles for individually designed plans will be...more

Monthly Benefits Update - July 2014

Franczek P.C. on 8/5/2014

Two federal appeals courts issued contradictory rulings on the validity of subsidies for the purchase of health insurance under the federal marketplace established pursuant to the Affordable Care Act (ACA). On July 22, a...more

Old Days – Remembering When Small Business Had Pension Plans

Gerald Nowotny - Law Office of Gerald R.... on 4/18/2014

We lived in politically charged times. Congress seems unable to reach any consensus on anything including where to have the annual Congressional Christmas Ball! Years of political crossfire over the Affordable Care Act have...more

State of the Union - Part 4: Medical Expense Account

Gerald Nowotny - Law Office of Gerald R.... on 8/8/2013

Overview - Over the course of this series, I have been pontificating on a number of points. First, ERISA and tax regulation have in my view had the unintended effect of reducing benefits for workers and business owners...more

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