by Girish Anand | Feb 21, 2017 | ACA, Affordable Care Act
A new Summary of Benefits and Coverage (SBC) template goes into effect April 1. The Affordable Care Act (ACA), which may or may not be repealed this year by Republicans, requires that SBCs be distributed to policyholders each year, detailing the coverage they have...
by Girish Anand | Feb 15, 2017 | ACA, Affordable Care Act
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) today proposed shortening the open enrollment period for Obamacare, virtually cutting it in half, while also lowering the benefits and coverage standards for health insurers. The latter is designed to stabilize and...
by Girish Anand | Feb 15, 2017 | ACA, Affordable Care Act
Saying it is “seeing further signs of an unbalanced risk pool,” Humana announced on Tuesday that it is exiting the health insurance exchanges set up under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which may be moot if the Republicans in Congress carry out their...
by Girish Anand | Feb 15, 2017 | NLRB
In a letter to members of the House Education and Workforce Committee Tuesday, more than 50 business and trade groups asked Congress to pass legislation to overturn the joint employer standard of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), which holds franchisers...
by Girish Anand | Feb 14, 2017 | EEOC
Victoria A. Lipnic, named by President Trump to be acting chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), told participants in a panel discussion that the commission will continue to enforce harassment and discrimination laws but will also focus on...
