Early in 2022, the Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), Labor, and Treasury (the Departments) issued two sets of guidance in the form of frequently asked questions (FAQ) 51… Read more >
Anne Newhouse, CEBS
March 8, 2022
Affordable Care Act (ACA), Communication, Compliance, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Employee Benefits, Health Care, U.S.Compliance, coronavirus, coronavirus and the workplace, COVID-19, COVID-19 testing, employee benefits, health care benefits
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When the Affordable Care Act (ACA) went into effect in 2010, health and welfare plans had the option to maintain grandfathered status, making plans exempt from some ACA requirements. To… Read more >
Kathy Bergstrom, CEBS
September 2, 2021
Affordable Care Act (ACA), Employee Benefits, Health Care, U.S.ACA, Affordable Care Act, grandfathered status, Health Care, health care benefits
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In December 2017, Congress passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which dropped the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) individual mandate penalty to $0, effective January 1, 2019. A group of… Read more >
Amanda Wilke, CEBS
June 17, 2021
Affordable Care Act (ACA), Employee Benefits, Health Care, Legislative, U.S.ACA, Affordable Care Act, California v. Texas, Health Care, individual mandate, minimum coverage provision, SCOTUS, supreme court
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If this year has proven anything, it’s that nobody has a crystal ball (or one that works anyway!) Last December 2020, the Talking Benefits podcast team made some predictions for… Read more >
Anne Patterson
December 22, 2020
Affordable Care Act (ACA), Coronavirus (COVID-19), Employee Benefits, Multiemployer, Talking Benefits Podcast, U.S.employee benefits, podcast
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On November 10, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case California v. Texas. Because this is a major case impacting benefits, we wanted to give you… Read more >
Julie Stich, CEBS
November 19, 2020
Affordable Care Act (ACA), Employee Benefits, Health Care, Legislative, U.S.ACA, California v. Texas, individual mandate, minimum coverage provision, SCOTUS
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As the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) requirement for individuals to have health insurance coverage, known as the individual mandate, has faced challenges over the last few years, a growing number… Read more >
Anne Newhouse, CEBS
February 13, 2020
Affordable Care Act (ACA), Employee Benefits, Health Care, Insuranceindividual mandate
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Once again, you’re sending 1095 forms to employees as required by the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Once again, employees will have 1095 form questions. They might be especially confused this… Read more >
Lois Gleason, CEBS
January 15, 2020
Affordable Care Act (ACA), Employee Benefits, Health Care1095, Form 1095-B, Form 1095-C
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We’ve heard some employers are confused about whether ACA reporting is required in 2020 for health coverage in the 2019 calendar year. Here’s a reminder that the Affordable Care Act… Read more >
Jenny Lucey, CEBS
December 16, 2019
Affordable Care Act (ACA), Employee Benefits, Health CareACA reporting, Form 1094, Form 1095, Letters 226-J
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If you watch television at all, you probably have a pretty keen awareness that there are all kinds of new and amazing drugs on the market these days. Some cure… Read more >
Kathy Bergstrom, CEBS
December 12, 2019
Affordable Care Act (ACA), Employee Benefits, Health Care, Prescription Drugshealth care costs, lifetime limit, specialty drugs, stop-loss insurance
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On June 13, 2019, the Departments of Labor, the Treasury, and Health and Human Services jointly issued a final rule to expand the flexibility and use of health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs)…. Read more >
Rose Plewa, CEBS
October 28, 2019
Affordable Care Act (ACA), Employee Benefits, Health Careemployer mandate, health reimbursement arrangements, HRA, ICHRA, individual coverage HRA
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