Affordable Care Act, Premium Subsidies

President Trump Once Again Attempts To Dismantle The Affordable Care Act

Fisher Phillips on 12/1/2017

After multiple failed attempts by Congress to reform the Affordable Care Act (ACA), President Trump announced several weeks ago that the federal government would stop making subsidy payments to insurers who sell coverage...more

Is the Senate's "Better Care" a Better Way to Repeal Obamacare?

Locke Lord LLP on 6/28/2017

On June 26, 2017, the U.S. Senate leadership released a “discussion draft” of The Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017 (the “Better Care Act”) — i.e., legislation to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, better known...more

Senate Begins Discussions of Affordable Care Act Modifications

Ballard Spahr LLP on 6/26/2017

Senate Republicans have released a draft of the Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA) that aims to repeal and replace a number of provisions in the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The Senate bill mirrors many of the terms in the...more

The American Health Care Act: Summary of House-Passed Bill to Repeal and Replace Portions of the Affordable Care Act and Next...

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 5/12/2017

Last week, the House took the first step to repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act (ACA) by passing a bill titled “The American Health Care Act” (AHCA). On May 4, 2017, after numerous fits and starts over the past...more

Passed House AHCA Bill Contains Numerous Provisions Affecting Employers

Holland & Knight LLP on 5/12/2017

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

Will the GOP's AHCA Repeal and Replace the ACA?

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 5/11/2017

We promised to keep you up to date on the GOP majority's promise to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (the "ACA"). After reaching agreement on several amendments to the original House bill (described in our previous...more

ACA Repeal Effort Moves to Senate - Employers Should Continue Compliance for Now

FordHarrison on 5/10/2017

The U.S. House of Representatives has passed legislation that would effectively eliminate the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA’s) employer mandate, open the door for simplified employer coverage reporting, provide greater...more

House Passes American Health Care Act: Fate in the Senate Uncertain

Littler on 5/10/2017

Seven years after the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was enacted, the U.S. House of Representatives voted on May 4, 2017, to dismantle the sweeping law and replace key provisions with a dramatically different vision of health care...more

Issue 109: House Passes Modified Version of AHCA - Bill to Proceed to Senate

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 5/9/2017

This is the one hundred and ninth issue in our series of alerts for employers on selected topics on health care reform. This series of Health Care Reform Management Alerts is designed to provide an in-depth analysis of...more

U.S. House of Representatives Approves ACA Repeal Bill

Franczek P.C. on 5/9/2017

On May 4, 2017, the U.S. House of Representatives narrowly approved a revised version of the American Health Care Act (“AHCA”), a bill that both repeals certain parts of the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) and provides new...more

House Passes American Health Care Act

Ballard Spahr LLP on 5/8/2017

As widely reported, the U.S. House of Representatives has passed the American Health Care Act (AHCA), a bill that, if enacted, would make the first major legislative changes to the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Modified to...more

Part VI: An Update on the American Health Care Act

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 5/8/2017

In Part V of our blog series, Very Opaque to Slightly Transparent: Shedding Light on the Future of Healthcare, we outlined some of the key provisions of the American Health Care Act (AHCA). Roughly two weeks after our post...more

House Passes American Health Care Act

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 5/6/2017

On May 4, 2017, the House of Representatives narrowly passed a bill that will repeal and replace the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). The Republican-backed American Health Care Act (AHCA) passed in the...more

Health Care Weekly Preview from ML Strategies – April 2017

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints on 4/26/2017

Welcome back everybody. While the momentum around an American Health Care Act (AHCA) comeback is unclear, there’s no discounting that efforts are ongoing to reach a consensus among House Republicans with significant pressure...more

The Fate of the ACA’s Cost-Sharing Reduction Subsidies

Perkins Coie on 4/20/2017

As deliberations over a replacement of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) continue in the U.S. House of Representatives, the fate of the ACA’s Cost-Sharing Reduction subsidies (CSRs) may be at stake. Under the ACA, Marketplace...more

The Future of the Affordable Care Act Week 7: The American Health Care Act

Mintz - Employment Viewpoints on 3/22/2017

On March 6, 2017, after years of promising, GOP lawmakers in the House of Representatives introduced the “American Health Care Act” (AHCA), the first concrete legislative proposal detailing the initial provisions designed to...more

Six Tips for Tribal Governments to Reduce Tribal Member Taxes in 2017

Holland & Knight LLP on 2/1/2017

As the Republican-led Congress and White House move forward on the repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and major tax-reform legislation, there are several new opportunities that may benefit tribal governments and their...more

The Future of the ACA Week 5: The Rep. Tom Price Plan(s)

Mintz - Employment Viewpoints on 1/11/2017

This week continues our survey of key Republican proposals to “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act (ACA). In the past two weeks, we have reviewed the Trump/Pence transition plan, entitled “Healthcare Reform to Make...more

OSHA Issues Final Rule On Complaints Under Affordable Care Act's Anti-Retaliation Provision

Holland & Knight LLP on 10/26/2016

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) added Section 18C to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) to prohibit retaliation against employees who engage in certain activities protected by the ACA. Responsibility for receiving and...more

Marketplace Subsidy Notices – What Employers Should Know

Proskauer - Employee Benefits & Executive... on 7/8/2016

As promised by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in late-2015, the Federally-Facilitated Marketplaces (FFMs) have started sending notices informing employers that employees have enrolled in a FFM and were...more

House Republicans Win Challenge to ACA Cost-Sharing Subsidies

King & Spalding on 5/18/2016

On May 12, 2016, the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. ruled in favor of House Republicans, concluding that the government wrongly spent billions reimbursing insurance companies for providing discounted health coverage...more

House of Representatives v. Burwell: Another Blow to Obamacare

Foley & Lardner LLP on 5/17/2016

Federal Judge Rosemary Collyer’s May 12, 2016 ruling in House of Representatives v. Burwell, found that the Obama administration (the “Administration”) has been improperly funding an Obamacare subsidy program. House of...more

Employers Will Begin Receiving Premium Subsidy Award Notices From The Health Care Exchange in 2016

Laner Muchin, Ltd. on 10/5/2015

Beginning in 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will begin its process of verifying the eligibility of recipients who receive the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) advanced premium tax credit to help purchase...more

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