News & Analysis as of

Individual Mandate › Flexible Spending Accounts

The term "Individual Mandate" typically refers to a requirement under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 that all United States residents must obtain "minimum essential... more +
The term "Individual Mandate" typically refers to a requirement under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 that all United States residents must obtain "minimum essential healthcare coverage" unless they qualify for one of eight exemptions under the Act.  The Act defines "minimum essential coverage" and levies penalties against individuals who fail to comply with the mandate.    less -
Akerman LLP - HR Defense

Preparing for the Unknown: Open Enrollment 2017

Akerman LLP - HR Defense on

With Open Enrollment season just around the corner, employers have been hoping for answers regarding the direction of health insurance under the Trump Administration. However, it’s looking like clarity is a long way off....more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

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

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

Dechert LLP

Will Obamacare Get Trumped? – Trumpcare Measure Gets House Approval

Dechert LLP on

On May 4, 2017, the House passed by a 217-213 vote, the measure referred to as the American Health Care Act (“Trumpcare”), which is intended to repeal and replace the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“Obamacare”)....more

Mintz - Employment Viewpoints

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

Mintz - Employment Viewpoints on

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

Foley & Lardner LLP

Is Obamacare Lite Really Less Calories? What Employers Need to Know

Foley & Lardner LLP on

As predicted, Congress is taking action to repeal and/or alter major sections of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). To get the process started, various committees in the United States House of...more

Perkins Coie

New Legislation Proposes to Repeal and Replace the ACA

Perkins Coie on

The U. S. House of Representatives (the House) proposed two bills to “repeal and replace Obamacare” last week, and while many popular consumer protections under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) look to be...more

Proskauer - Employee Benefits & Executive...

American Health Care Act – Key Takeaways for Employers and Plan Sponsors

Proskauer - Employee Benefits & Executive... on

On March 6, 2017, the House of Representatives’ Ways and Means Committee and Energy and Commerce Committee released budget reconciliation recommendations that will, after mark-up beginning on March 8th, form the American...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

The ERISA Litigation Newsletter - December 2016

Proskauer Rose LLP on

This month Richard Zall, Chair of Proskauer's Health Care Department, explores developments likely to occur with respect to the Affordable Care Act as a result of the new administration. In our Rulings, Filings and...more

Mintz - Employment, Labor & Benefits...

The Affordable Care Act’s Reporting Requirements for Carriers and Employers (Part 6 of 24): Reporting Group Health Plan Opt-Out...

Mintz - Employment, Labor & Benefits... on

Under a common strategy for controlling group health care plan costs, employers sometimes adopt arrangements under which an employee is offered cash as an incentive to waive coverage. These arrangements are colloquially...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Five Health Care Developments Important to Employers

Epstein Becker & Green on

Perhaps never before have employers faced so many challenges when it comes to health care issues affecting their workforce. Congress may try to amend the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”). The Supreme Court of the United States is...more

Pullman & Comley, LLC

Healthcare Reform: What Connecticut Employers Need to Know After Supreme Court’s Health Law Ruling

Pullman & Comley, LLC on

On June 28, 2012, the Supreme court ruled that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the “Act”) is constitutional. What does the decision mean for employers? The Supreme Court’s decision rests on some...more

Gray Reed

Q&A on the U.S. Supreme Court's Decision on Healthcare Reform

Gray Reed on

On June 28, 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its long-awaited ruling on the constitutionality of President Obama's health care reform legislation. The decision resulted in numerous questions due to the complexity of the...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Health Care Reform Update: Supreme Court Ruling Mandates Timely Employer Actions

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on

The Supreme Court’s decision in National Federation of Independent Business v. Sibelius upholding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) leaves in place the market reforms and tax provisions that have become...more

Fisher Phillips

Supreme Court Upholds Healthcare Reform - It's Time for Employers To Get To Work

Fisher Phillips on

Today the U.S. Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decision on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). In what is easily the most significant decision this term, and arguably one of the most important rulings...more

14 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
Sign up Log in
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide