by Girish Anand | Oct 31, 2013 | IRS
The Department of the Treasury and the IRS today issued a notice modifying the longstanding “use-or-lose” rule for health flexible spending arrangements (FSAs). To make health FSAs more consumer-friendly and provide added flexibility, the updated guidance...
by Girish Anand | Oct 30, 2013 | USCIS
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today announced the launch of the agency’s redesigned website available in both English and Spanish. The redesigned website provides customers with a simplified and more user-friendly experience, according to...
by Girish Anand | Oct 30, 2013 | NLRB
The Senate yesterday confirmed Richard F. Griffin Jr. as General Counsel for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Griffin will replace Lafe E. Solomon, who has been acting general counsel since 2010. NLRB Chairman Mark Gaston Pearce immediately issued a...
by Girish Anand | Oct 29, 2013 | Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform, Obamacare, PPACA
Bloomberg and other news sources are reporting that private health insurance plans carried by hundreds of thousands of Americans are being canceled prior to the start of the New Year, thrusting most of these policyholders onto the Marketplaces to find new insurance....
by Girish Anand | Oct 28, 2013 | Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform, HHS, Obamacare
A data center serving the Obamacare Marketplace websites in 14 state-operated exchanges as well as the nationwide HealthCare.gov site went down Sunday, blocking all online health insurance sign-up operations throughout the country. The data center, operated by...