by admin | Feb 26, 2015 | Affordable Care Act, CMS, Health Care Reform, Obamacare
Of the 4.7 million persons who obtained insurance coverage from HealthCare.gov in 2014, about 1.2 million of them shopped around and switched plans for 2015. Another 1 million did comparison shopping but stuck with their 2014 plans. The unexpected shopping spree was...
by admin | Feb 26, 2015 | Affordable Care Act, CMS, Health Care Reform, HHS, Obamacare, PPACA
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have issued the Final HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2016. This rule seeks to improve consumers’ experience in the Health Insurance Marketplace and to ensure their coverage options are...
by admin | Feb 25, 2015 | Minimum Wage Law
TJX Cos., parent of retail stores T.J. Maxx, Marshalls and HomeGoods, announced today that it will boost wages to a minimum of $10 an hour in 2016 for all employees who’ve been on board for six months. In June, it will raise its minimum wage to $9 an hour in...
by admin | Feb 25, 2015 | Affordable Care Act, HHS, Obamacare
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) last week admitted that it had sent out some 800,000 erroneous Obamacare tax statements that either over-stated or under-stated the individuals’ tax credits for the health insurance they purchased on...
by admin | Feb 24, 2015 | DOL, FMLA
Workers in legal, same-sex marriages, regardless of where they live, will now have the same rights as those in opposite-sex marriages to federal job-protected leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) to care for a spouse with a serious health condition,...