News & Analysis as of September 18, 2024

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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPAC), also known as Obamacare, is a United States federal statute passed in March of 2010. The Act creates a nationwide insurance system and provides federal... more +

The employer’s role in fixing ‘family glitch’

McAfee & Taft on 11/14/2022

Just prior to the start of 2023 open enrollment season, the IRS finalized new rules that will now make it easier for some families to access premium tax credits (PTC) for health insurance purchased through an exchange...more

Employer-Provided Health Coverage During the Reign of COVID-19

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 4/18/2020

Over the past several weeks, human resources and employee benefits professionals (and their attorneys) have been scrambling to assemble staffing plans, telework arrangements and strategies for complying with the paid leave...more

COVID-19 Employee Benefits: FAQs for Employers Focus on Health and Welfare Benefit Plans

Troutman Pepper on 3/20/2020

It is hard to find a sector of the American workforce that has not been affected by the COVID-19 emergency. Employees are being asked to work from home if they are able, businesses are being forced to close, and employers are...more

Different Strokes For Different Folks: The Feasibility Of Implementing Different Benefits Plans For Different Categories Of...

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 7/26/2018

Employers who are interested in designing different benefits packages for different categories of employees must comply with both the Internal Revenue Code and the Affordable Care Act. ...more

New ACA Guidance Warrants Another "Checkup" of Employer Health Plans

King & Spalding on 3/8/2016

On December 16, 2015, the IRS issued Notice 2015-87 (the "Notice"), which provides "question-and-answer" guidance regarding how various Affordable Care Act (the "ACA") provisions apply to employer-provided group health plans....more

Don’t Forget to Amend Cafeteria Plan for New Permitted Election Change Events

Foley & Lardner LLP on 12/1/2015

In 2014, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) expanded the events that would allow employees to drop their health plan coverage under their employer’s cafeteria plan. As a reminder, the general rule is that once an employee...more

ACA Countdown to Compliance - 52 Week Series For Employers

Mintz - Employment, Labor & Benefits... on 2/25/2015

In this volume, we have collected the 52 weekly blog posts that comprise the series entitled, The Affordable Care Act—Countdown to Compliance for Employers. The series appeared in the Mintz Levin Employment Matters Blog...more

IRS Allows Cafeteria Plan Election Changes to Coordinate With ACA Exchanges

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 11/18/2014

New IRS guidance adds two more events that allow participants to change their cafeteria plan elections outside of the annual open enrollment period. These events are designed to coordinate with the employer coverage rules and...more

IRS to Amend Cafeteria Plan Regulations to Facilitate Enrollment in Marketplace Coverage

Proskauer - Employee Benefits & Executive... on 9/23/2014

On Thursday, September 18, 2014, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) released Notice 2014-55, which expands the cafeteria plan “change in status” rules to allow plans to offer employees an option to revoke their elections...more

Section 125 Cafeteria Plan Requirement for Massachusetts Employers Ends

Goodwin on 11/5/2013

Massachusetts recently announced that, due to federal rules under the Affordable Care Act, it will cease enforcement of its Section 125 cafeteria plan requirement for Massachusetts employers. Under that requirement, employers...more

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