Below is a summary of recent U.S. Senate action on healthcare legislation and our outlook regarding coming issues and possible actions. Holland & Knight's Healthcare & Life Sciences Team will follow up as developments...more
8/3/2017
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The U.S. Senate Republicans on July 13, 2017, released an updated discussion draft of the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017 (BCRA), its bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA). As we have outlined in a...more
7/14/2017
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Tax Credits
U.S. Senate Republicans on June 22, 2017, released a discussion draft of the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017 (BCRA), its bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The BCRA follows on the heels of the...more
6/27/2017
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Corporate Counsel ,
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Essential Health Benefits ,
Executive Compensation ,
Flexible Savings Accounts (FSAs) ,
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Health Insurance ,
Health Savings Accounts ,
Individual Mandate ,
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Medicare Part D ,
Medicare Taxes ,
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Remuneration ,
Repeal ,
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Surtax ,
Tax Credits
Both the Trump Administration and key leadership in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate are continuing their focus on tax reform. Although details are being withheld until the Republican leadership in the House,...more
6/13/2017
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Standard Deduction ,
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Tax Rates ,
Tax Reform ,
Trump Administration ,
Unrelated Business Income Tax
The U.S. House of Representatives narrowly passed H.R. 1628, the American Health Care Act (AHCA), by a vote of 217-213 on May 4, 2017, with all Democrats and 20 Republicans opposing the bill. The legislation traversed a...more
5/12/2017
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Preexisting Conditions ,
Repeal ,
State Health Insurance Exchanges ,
Tax Credits ,
Trump Administration
Holland & Knight originally issued this alert in March 2017 regarding the American Health Care Act (AHCA) as it stood on that date. This client alert provides an update on the AHCA as passed by the U.S. House of...more
5/12/2017
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Flexible Spending Accounts ,
Health Insurance ,
Health Savings Accounts ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
Medicare ,
Premium Subsidies ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Remuneration ,
Repeal ,
Trump Administration
The House Committee on Ways and Means and the House Energy and Commerce Committee released proposed legislation on March 6, 2017, to partially repeal and replace parts of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which was signed into...more
3/9/2017
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Employee Benefits ,
Employer Mandates ,
Flexible Spending Accounts ,
Health Insurance ,
Health Savings Accounts ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Medicare ,
Medicare Part D ,
Remuneration ,
Repeal ,
Trump Administration
Congressional Republican leaders have indicated that they will approach the repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care Act in three steps: 1) repeal and replace through the so-called "budget reconciliation" process; 2)...more
3/9/2017
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Health Savings Accounts ,
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Repeal ,
Tax Credits ,
Trump Administration