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Employer Mandates is a term commonly used to describe employer insurance obligations under the Affordable Care Act. Under the Affordable Care Act, employers with 50 or more employees are required to provide minimum essential insurance coverage to their employees or else pay statutory penalties. The concept of an employer mandate is not unique to the Affordable Care Act; many EU countries have their own versions with different and/or expanded employer obligations. less -

Health Care Reform Changes and Other Updates

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP on 12/4/2020

This Advisory provides a summary of recent developments impacting Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) requirements applicable to employers, as well as other recent changes impacting employer-sponsored health plans. ACA...more

Have you done your ACA affordability cost-share homework for the 2020 health plan year?

Bricker Graydon LLP on 11/14/2019

Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), applicable large employers are required to offer minimum essential coverage (that is both affordable and meets the minimum value standard) to at least 95 percent of their eligible...more

Ninth Circuit Enjoins ACA Religious Exemption Rules

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 11/13/2019

The Affordable Care Act requires that employer-sponsored group medical insurance plans provide contraceptive coverage without cost sharing. Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued final...more

Massachusetts to (Again) Require Health Care Reporting by Employers

Mintz - Employment Viewpoints on 1/17/2018

Massachusetts employers with 6 or more employees will soon be required to prepare and file a new health care reporting form referred to as the “healthcare coverage form.” While reminiscent of the now repealed “Health...more

Health Care Reform Roundup – Issue 10

Proskauer - Employee Benefits & Executive... on 10/30/2017

After months of failed attempts to pass any health care reform legislation, it appears efforts to pass a bipartisan bill to improve the Affordable Care Act (ACA) are picking up steam. Below is a summary of regent health care...more

Executive Orders May Be Asking Too Much of Regulators

Carlton Fields on 10/25/2017

On October 12, President Trump signed Executive Order 13813, asking the Department of Labor (DOL) to consider allowing small employers to join together to self-insure or purchase insurance as a large group (creating...more

BC Healthcare Restructuring Update: R CSR’s O-U-T? Less U.S. Gov’t $$ = More 11s . . .?

BCLP on 10/19/2017

Ok, if your attention span is anything like ours, all this wonky stuff about the ins and outs of the Affordable Care Act (or “ObamaCare,” as most of us know it) causes your eyes to glaze over and makes your mind wander to...more

Back in the Spotlight: The Affordable Care Act Again Takes Center Stage

Ballard Spahr LLP on 10/19/2017

After a brief lull in activity, recent developments are likely to involve all three branches of government in addressing issues under the Affordable Care Act....more

Health Care Reform Roundup – Issue 9

Proskauer - Employee Benefits & Executive... on 9/7/2017

After health care reform efforts failed in late-Spring/early-Summer, things have been quiet. However, Congress returned to DC this week. Although legislative focus now appears to be on general tax reform, we expect some...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

ACA Repeal and Replace Plan is Released

Ballard Spahr LLP on 3/8/2017

The House Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce Committees have released, in two parts, budget reconciliation legislation, the first steps of Congress' proposal to "repeal and replace" the Affordable Care Act. Reconciliation...more

Cost-Sharing Subsidies Ruling Adds More Uncertainty to Affordable Care Act

Holland & Knight LLP on 12/6/2016

Holland & Knight issued an alert in May 2016 regarding litigation by the U.S. House of Representatives against the Obama Administration and the decision of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia enjoining any...more

Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights - September 2015 #5

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 9/30/2015

New study shows Marketplace premiums parallel the employer market; Montana likely to select a private insurer to administer benefits to its Medicaid expansion population; and Washington’s Exchange customers will begin paying...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

New Final Regulations and FAQs Provide Guidance on Preventive Services Coverage

Proskauer - Employee Benefits & Executive... on 8/17/2015

Through new FAQs and final regulations, the U.S. Departments of Labor (“DOL”), Health and Human Services (“HHS”) and the Treasury (the “Departments”) have further clarified various issues related to the preventive care...more

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