Affordable Care Act, Health Insurance, Open Enrollment

Planning for Open Enrollment? Note the ACA Affordability Threshold Drop

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 9/20/2023

On August 23, the Internal Revenue Service issued Rev. Proc. 2023-29, announcing that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) affordability threshold will be 8.39% for plan years beginning in 2024, a substantial decrease from the 9.12%...more

NAIC Working Group Approves Revisions to Regulate Health Insurance Lead Generators

Venable LLP on 9/20/2023

This August, a working group sponsored by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (the "NAIC") unanimously approved revisions to the NAIC's Unfair Trade Practices Act Model #880 (the "Model Law") to restrain...more

ACA Affordability Updated: Rev. Proc. 2023-29

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 9/5/2023

Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), applicable large employers (ALEs) — i.e., those with, on average, fifty (50) or more full-time or full-time-equivalent employees in the preceding year — must offer in the following year...more

House Budget Reconciliation Text Includes Significant Health, Paid Leave, and Retirement Provisions

Groom Law Group, Chartered on 9/20/2021

On September 15, the House Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce Committees advanced components of the Democrats’ $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation package (“Budget Legislation” or “the Legislation”). The Legislation...more

Coronavirus: The Hill and the Headlines, February 2021 # 11

Hogan Lovells on 2/16/2021

In Washington: President Biden will join leaders of the Group of Seven (G-7) nations this Friday for a virtual summit focused on the global response to COVID-19, the White House said Sunday. Other discussions at the summit...more

Individual Mandate Ruled Unconstitutional

White and Williams LLP on 12/20/2019

On Wednesday, December 18, the Fifth Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals issued a ruling in Texas v. United States, which determined that the individual health insurance mandate implemented by the Affordable Care Act (ACA)...more

New York and New Jersey Consider Health Insurance Reforms

Troutman Pepper on 6/4/2019

Increasing uncertainty and hostility surrounding the federal Affordable Care Act (ACA) have resulted in a burst of health insurance reforms at the state level. For example, Washington recently passed a law creating a public...more

Issue 118: Texas Judge Rules That The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) is Unconstitutional -- Without Consequence (For Now)

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 12/21/2018

On December 14, 2018, District Judge Reed O’Connor of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas ruled that the Affordable Care Act or ACA (a/k/a “ObamaCare”) is unconstitutional and therefore...more

D.C. residents can still get Obamacare. It’s the law of the land, despite Texas ruling.

Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury... on 12/17/2018

If you’re a resident of the District of Columbia and you qualify for help with your health insurance under the Affordable Care Act, don’t wait, you have until Jan. 31 to enroll in Obamacare. It’s still the law of the land and...more

Tuesday’s a crucial health care day, and health coverage deadlines loom

Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury... on 11/5/2018

Take some time this week to do something big for yourself, your loved ones, friends, work colleagues, and our country, for that matter...more

Better Healthcare Newsletter from Patrick Malone - October 2018

Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury... on 10/4/2018

For Americans and their health coverage, October and November will be a time to remember. And act. The season is upon us when it pays to learn the critical facts about your current health insurance coverage and your...more

Affordable Care Act Initially Fades from Spotlight; Reemerges in Senate Republicans' Latest Tax Proposal

Baker Donelson on 11/20/2017

After dominating the agenda for most of 2017, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) seemed to take a backseat at first as Republicans shifted their focus to enacting tax legislation. The initial momentum behind the bipartisan...more

Clean Up on Aisle 12! The Obamacare Pop-Up Store is Open but Stocks are Limited

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 11/6/2017

The fifth Open Enrollment period under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) started on November 1st, and will continue for a scant 45 days ending on December 15, 2017. This year, not only has the Open Enrollment been cut in half,...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - October 2017 #4

Robinson & Cole LLP on 10/27/2017

Energy and Critical Infrastructure Industries Warned of Increased Attacks by FBI and DHS - The FBI and Department of Homeland Security issued a joint statement on October 20, 2017 warning of an increased danger of a...more

Open Enrollment for 2018: Don’t Forget about HIPAA!

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 10/26/2017

With open enrollment in full swing for many employers, now is a good time to review employee benefit communications. Plan sponsors of health plans are generally responsible for properly administering all of the health plan...more

Stabilizing the Exchanges: CMS Issues Final Rule

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 4/29/2017

On April 18, 2017, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published in the Federal Register a final rule (the "Final Rule") aimed at stabilizing the individual and small group health insurance markets...more

Final Market Stabilization Rules – How Stable is Stable?

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 4/24/2017

The Department of Health and Human Services released the final Affordable Care Act marketplace stabilization rules (“Final Rule”) on April 13, 2017. The Final Rules become effective on June 19, 2017 and will, accordingly,...more

Market Stabilization: To Be or Not to Be?

BakerHostetler on 4/21/2017

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published a Final Rule intended to stabilize the individual and small group insurance markets on April 18, 2017. Reflecting the urgent need to address the uncertainty...more

Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights - March 2017 #3

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 3/22/2017

House Republicans append a Manager's Amendment to the AHCA; HHS tells states they will have increased flexibility on Medicaid; and Florida previews its 1115 waiver amendment requests....more

Trump Administration Takes First Steps to Support Exchanges, but Key Questions Remain

McDermott Will & Emery on 2/27/2017

In an effort to stabilize the Exchanges and encourage issuer participation, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently extended the federal Exchange application and rate filing deadlines and published a...more

CMS Proposes Affordable Care Act Exchange, Individual, and Small Group Insurance Market Changes

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 2/24/2017

Not relying on Congress to take action on the Affordable Care Act, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) has proposed new regulations intended to attract health insurance issuers back into ACA health...more

Trump administration issues proposed health insurance market stabilization rule: Will it be enough to stabilize exchange...

Hogan Lovells on 2/21/2017

On 15 February 2017, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) took a step toward addressing concerns about the stability of the individual and small group health insurance markets by proposing a modicum of...more

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