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June 8, 2018

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Trump DOJ Announces It Will No Longer Defend the ACA in Court

Faced with a challenge by 20 attorneys general in a federal court in Texas, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is going to trial with no defense from the Trump administration's Department of Justice (DOJ). The case rests on the constitutionality -- or unconstitutionality -- of the health care act now that the individual mandate has been withdrawn as a penalty for those lacking insurance. The a...

October 23, 2017

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Trump Appears to Want More from Bipartisan Health Care Reform Bill

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R.-Ky.) over the weekend signaled he would bring the Alexander-Murray bipartisan health legislation to a floor vote if President Trump wants him to do so. Trump officials, however, said the bill needs to be expanded to axe the individual and employer health insurance mandates and offer less comprehensive policies for lower-income people through associatio...

October 12, 2017

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Trump Issues Executive Order to 'Fix' Obamacare

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As anticipated, President Trump today signed an Executive Order that, once fully implemented, will give consumers new options for health insurance and expand employer-funder Health Reimbursement Arrangements (HRAs). The executive action orders the Department of Labor (DOL) to look into ways of expanding Association Health Plans (AHPs) that can sell policies across state lines and not be subjec...

April 21, 2011

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Free-Choice Voucher and 1099 Reporting Ended

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The law that President Obama signed this month to eliminate 1099 reporting under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) also eliminated the "Free Choice Voucher" component of the health care act. Free Choice Vouchers were to be made available to employees who earned less than 400 percent of the poverty line and whose contribution to employer-sponsored health insurance ...

April 15, 2011

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PPACA Requirement for 1099 Reporting Axed

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Congress has passed and President Obama has signed legislation to repeal a much-loathed provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) that would have required the issuance of an IRS form 1099 for every expenditure of $600 or more. The mandate would have kicked in on Jan. 1, 2012, but HR4 amended PPACA to eliminate the requirement. In practice the provision would have force...

March 25, 2011

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ACA Claims Procedure Deadline Extended

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The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and Treasury keep extending the compliance deadline of a provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) affecting non-grandfathered health insurance plans. PPACA originally set the deadline for Jan. 1, 2011, but before that date even rolled around, it was extended to July 1, 2011. On March 18 the deadline was extended once...

March 14, 2011

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EBSA Hearings on ACA Auto-Enrollment Mandate

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The Employee Benefit Security Administration (EBSA) will hold public hearings on April 6 to discuss the automatic enrollment provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). PPACA inserts a provision in the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) requiring businesses with 200 or more employees to automatically enroll all employees into a health plan, but new FLSA section 18A will no...

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DOL Updates Enforcement Approach for Employee Benefit Plans: What Employers Should Know

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