Employers with self-insured health plans may be thinking about making coronavirus (COVID-19)-related changes, such as waiving the patient responsibility portion of the charge for a hospital stay that is related to COVID-19....more
With its “employer mandate”—i.e., the requirement that applicable large employers make an offer of group health coverage to substantially all full-time employees or face the prospect of a penalty—the Affordable Care Act (ACA)...more
On April 5, the “Self-Insurance Protection Act” passed the House and moved to the Senate. This bill, if enacted, would amend ERISA, the Public Health Service Act and the Internal Revenue Code (the “Big 3” statutes containing...more
The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Self-Insurance Protection Act (H.R. 1304), on April 5, 2017, in an effort to preclude federal regulation of stop-loss insurance. This Act would not alter regulation of the current...more
The recent Republican election victories appear to ensure that the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) days are numbered. But with nearly a fifth of the U.S. economy, and the health care coverage for some tens of millions of U.S....more
Within an environment of increased federal and state regulatory emphasis on health insurance related issues arising due to the passage by the U.S. Congress of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, the Texas...more