News & Analysis as of September 19, 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 +

Final Section 1557 Rules: Highlights for Health Plan Sponsors

Ballard Spahr LLP on 6/19/2024

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued final regulations on the nondiscrimination rules set forth in Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act. The new rules apply to certain group health plans, as...more

Court Issues Injunction Against Revised ACA Nondiscrimination Rules

Ballard Spahr LLP on 8/21/2020

The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York blocked federal rules seeking to remove nondiscrimination protections for health care patients. The blocked rules would have removed protections against...more

Health Plans Post-Bostock: Mixed Signals on Sex Discrimination?

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 6/26/2020

Most employer-sponsored health plans will be exempt from the primary Affordable Care Act (ACA) provision governing race, color, age, sex, disability, and national origin discrimination under new final rules issued by the U.S....more

NJ Bills Preserve ACA Protections

Rivkin Radler LLP on 1/28/2020

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy recently signed into law a package of nine bills that will preserve for state residents many of the provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) even if the ACA itself is ultimately found...more

December 2019 Client Advisory

Verrill on 12/18/2019

This Client Advisory highlights important developments in the law governing employee benefit plans and executive compensation over the past year. It offers insight into what these developments mean for employers and plan...more

December 2018: The Top 15 Labor And Employment Law Stories

Fisher Phillips on 1/10/2019

It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

White House Narrows ACA Contraception Mandate

Fisher Phillips on 10/10/2017

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) just issued new rules which will limit the contraception coverage mandate covering employers under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The new rules, released Friday, expand the...more

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