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Illinois Insurance Law Update: H.B. 579 and H.B. 2296 Signed Into Law; Significant Changes On The Horizon For Illinois Health...

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On June 29, 2023, Governor J.B. Pritzker signed House Bills 579 and 2296 into law, enacting sweeping changes to Illinois health insurance law that grants the Illinois Department of Insurance (IDOI) expanded regulatory powers....more

Warner Norcross + Judd

Benefit Plan Guidance for the End of the Public Health Emergency and “Outbreak Period”

With President Joseph Biden’s administration having announced its intent to end the presidential COVID-19 National Emergency on May 11, 2023, and with the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency ("Public Health Emergency") set to...more

Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.

What Employers Need to Know About Special Enrollment for Employees Formerly on Medicaid

The expanded Medicaid and CHIP coverage offered during the COVID-19 public health emergency ended March 31, 2023, and employees and dependents who were participating in the expanded government-provided health insurance were...more

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Return to Normal? Benefit Plan COVID-19 Deadline Extensions to End

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After a long three years of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Biden administration has announced its intent to end the presidential COVID-19 national emergency on May 11, 2023. Employers should prepare their benefit plans for a...more

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Fun for the Whole Family: More ACA Subsidies Apply

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On October 11, 2022, the US Department of Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued final regulations to modify how affordability under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is determined for an offer of...more

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Third Stimulus Requires Employers To Offer Free COBRA Coverage Offset By Medicare Tax Credits

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On March 11, President Biden signed into law the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) as part of a new (third) COVID-19 stimulus relief bill. ARPA assists qualifying individuals who lose coverage under an employer’s group...more

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Prompt Action by Employers Required for COBRA Changes in the American Rescue Plan Act

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On March 11, 2021, President Biden signed into law the “American Rescue Plan Act” (“ARPA”) (HR 1319). While ARPA addresses many different areas, employers will need to act promptly with regard to benefits under the...more

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COBRA Subsidies (Finally) Arrive

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The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (the “ARPA”), which President Biden is expected to sign into law on Friday, March 12, contains several new rules impacting COBRA benefits. The ARPA provides up to six months of free COBRA...more

McDermott Will & Emery

DOL Issues Clarification for ERISA-Governed Group Health Plans

Two days before the one-year anniversary of the official start of the COVID-19 outbreak, the US Department of Labor (DOL) issued a last-minute notice clarifying its prior guidance that relaxed the deadlines for the Employee...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

2020 ERISA Welfare Plan Checklist

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We recognize that many of our readers sponsor ERISA welfare benefit plans and are currently undergoing their open enrollment process and issuing related participant communications. To assist with that process, we have...more

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2019 ERISA Welfare Plan Checklist

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We recognize that many of our clients sponsor ERISA welfare benefit plans and are currently undergoing their open enrollment process and issuing related participant communications. To assist our clients with that process, we...more

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The American Health Care Act: What Has Changed and What Is Next

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On May 4, 2017, the U.S. House of Representatives approved the American Health Care Act (AHCA) by a vote of 217 to 213 (with 20 Republicans voting against the bill), sending the AHCA to the Senate. As we have reported in...more

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New ACA FAQs - Special Enrollment, Women’s Preventive Care and a Cure for the HRA that Ails You (If You’re Small Enough)

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In the latest round of FAQs on ACA implementation (now up to 35 if you’re keeping track), the DOL, HHS and Treasury Department addressed questions regarding HIPAA special enrollment rights, ACA coverage for preventive...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights - February 2015 #2

HHS ramps up for the final week of open enrollment. Families buying into CHIP in Pennsylvania are granted tax relief, and though Medicaid expansion efforts seem to have hit a wall in Tennessee and Wyoming, Arkansas assures...more

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ACA Fees, and Forms, and Delays, Oh My!

In the latest round of delays under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the Employee Benefits Security Administration recently announced that the deadline for health plans to provide enrollment information to the transitional...more

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