Affordable Care Act, Individual Mandate, Subsidies

Health Care Client Alert - April 2021

Kaufman & Canoles on 4/9/2021

Increased Obamacare Health Insurance Subsidies Provide Savings Opportunity for Small Employers - How the Federal Government Subsidizes Health Insurance - Since 2014, the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) has provided...more

Updated Health Care Reform Legislation Comparison Chart

Proskauer - Employee Benefits & Executive... on 7/15/2017

The chart below compares key provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the American Health Care Act (AHCA) and the Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA). This chart is current as of July 13, 2017, and as of that date,...more

Better Care Reconciliation Act – Key Takeaways for Employers and Plan Sponsors

Proskauer - Employee Benefits & Executive... on 6/30/2017

On June 22, 2017, the Senate released its much anticipated health care reform legislation – the Better Care Reconciliation Act (“BCRA”) (linked to amended version released June 26, 2017). In many respects the BCRA is similar...more

Issues for Employers as Health Care Legislation Moves to the Senate

Jones Day on 5/30/2017

ABSTRACT - Although the American Health Care Act, as passed by the U.S. House of Representatives, mainly affects the individual and small group health insurance markets, it has implications for large employers. The repeal of...more

House Takes First Step Towards ACA Repeal; Employers Should Stay the Course for Now

Fisher Phillips on 5/6/2017

The House of Representatives took the first affirmative step towards repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) today. After a failed attempt to pass legislation earlier this year, the House gathered the needed...more

The ERISA Litigation Newsletter - December 2016

Proskauer Rose LLP on 12/21/2016

This month Richard Zall, Chair of Proskauer's Health Care Department, explores developments likely to occur with respect to the Affordable Care Act as a result of the new administration. In our Rulings, Filings and...more

The Affordable Care Act’s Reporting Requirements for Carriers and Employers (Part 6 of 24): Reporting Group Health Plan Opt-Out...

Mintz - Employment, Labor & Benefits... on 8/25/2015

Under a common strategy for controlling group health care plan costs, employers sometimes adopt arrangements under which an employee is offered cash as an incentive to waive coverage. These arrangements are colloquially...more

Business As Usual: Supreme Court Upholds ACA Subsidies

Stinson - Benefits Notes Blog on 7/6/2015

The United States Supreme Court recently held in King v. Burwell that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) permits individuals to receive health insurance premium subsidies through federally-facilitated exchanges (in addition to...more

U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Premium Subsidies on Federally Run Health Insurance Exchanges

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 7/6/2015

On June 25, 2015, in a 6-3 majority opinion, the U.S. Supreme Court confirmed the availability of premium subsidies for health coverage purchased on Affordable Care Act (ACA) health insurance exchanges, regardless of whether...more

King v. Burwell: The More You Try To Challenge Things, The More They Stay The Same

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 7/2/2015

In the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s decision supporting the payment of subsidies by the federal government to eligible persons seeking insurance through the federal health insurance exchanges ("Exchanges") under the...more

King v. Burwell: An Answer Arrives

Akerman LLP - Health Law Rx on 7/1/2015

Thursday’s Supreme Court decision in the King v. Burwell case can be seen as a major victory for the Obama Administration, resolving, at least for the time being, the continued implementation of the Affordable Care Act by...more

Executive Labor Summary - June / July 2015

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 6/30/2015

What are the labor implications of Supreme Court’s decision in King v. Burwell? - On June 25, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act (also known as “Obamacare”) in a 6-3 decision written by Chief...more

Did You Know…SCOTUS Saves the Affordable Care Act (Again)

Nossaman LLP on 6/29/2015

The U.S. Supreme Court handed down its much-anticipated King v. Burwell decision on June 25, and (again) gave the Obama administration a huge victory by safeguarding its signature legislation, the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”)....more

Trenchant Analysis or Jiggery-Pokery? U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Affordable Care Act

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP on 6/29/2015

In a 6-3 decision on June 25, 2015 in King v. Burwell, the U.S. Supreme Court held that tax credits are available under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Affordable Care Act or PPACA) to all eligible Americans,...more

Supreme Court Upholds ACA Subsidies

McGuireWoods LLP on 6/29/2015

The U.S. Supreme Court has issued its King v. Burwell (pdf) decision regarding the validity of premium assistance issued by federally run insurance marketplaces....more

Supreme Court Upholds ACA Tax Credits; Employers Must Continue to Play or Pay

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 6/29/2015

In a much-anticipated decision, the Supreme Court upheld in King v. Burwell the validity of tax credits under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) that are available to individuals in States that have Federal...more

King v. Burwell – The Supreme Court Allows the ACA Dominos to Stand

Locke Lord LLP on 6/29/2015

In a landmark decision, the U.S. Supreme Court interpreted the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to allow tax credits for individuals who purchase their health insurance through the federally-run insurance Exchange. Employers and...more

Supreme Court Upholds Obamacare Tax Subsidies

Jackson Walker on 6/26/2015

Yesterday the United States Supreme Court announced its decision upholding tax subsidies for individuals who obtain health coverage in a state that has a Federal Exchange. The Court's 6-3 opinion in King v. Burwell is here...more

King v. Burwell – Supreme Court Confirms Tax Subsidies are Available in All States

Snell & Wilmer on 6/26/2015

In an earlier blog post this year, I discussed the King v. Burwell case and the possible ramifications if the United States Supreme Court did not uphold the Internal Revenue Service position that residents in states with...more

Supreme Court Upholds ACA Subsidies: What’s Next?

Cozen O'Connor on 6/26/2015

On Thursday, June 25, the Supreme Court of the United States issued its much anticipated ruling in King v. Burwell, the second major Court challenge to a core element of the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”). The Court, by a 6-3...more

Supreme Court Upholds Affordable Care Act Subsidies in King v. Burwell

Ballard Spahr LLP on 6/26/2015

In a much-anticipated decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that individuals who enroll for coverage in a health insurance exchange may qualify for a subsidy to make that coverage more affordable, regardless of whether...more

Supreme Court Upholds Health Care Law

Troutman Pepper on 6/26/2015

The Court’s decision protects tax credits for those who reside in the 34 states where there are federally established exchanges. On June 25, the U.S. Supreme Court — considering the second challenge to the 2010 Patient...more

King v. Burwell: Decision and Impact

Polsinelli on 6/26/2015

In a 6 to 3 decision today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the case King v. Burwell and upheld federal tax subsidies in the federally operated health exchanges created under the Affordable Care Act. King v. Burwell is the...more

King v. Burwell Decision Upholds Subsidies in Federal Exchanges

McDermott Will & Emery on 6/26/2015

On June 25, 2015, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in King v. Burwell that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires premium tax credits to be made available in states that use a federal exchange. The case challenged...more

US Supreme Court Issues Landmark Decision Upholding Current ACA Structure

Morgan Lewis on 6/26/2015

Now is the time for employers to focus on next steps. Yesterday, the US Supreme Court, in a 6–3 decision, held that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) regulations issued in 2012 under the Affordable Care Act (ACA)...more

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