by Girish Anand | Aug 1, 2018 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, DOL, DOT, HHS
The departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), Labor (DOL) and the Treasury (DOT) today issued a final rule allowing for the sale and renewal of short-term, limited-duration health plans that cover longer periods than the previous maximum period of less than...
by Girish Anand | Jul 30, 2018 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, DOL, ERISA
Twelve “blue state” attorneys general, led by New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood, are taking the Trump administration to court over its final rule allowing the creation of newly invigorated Association Health Plans (AHPs). The coalition is...
by Girish Anand | Jul 21, 2018 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, Obamacare
With the addition of North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin this week, the lawsuit against the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (ACA, or Obamacare) is now being waged in Texas — where the legal action originated — by a combined 23 states. The...
by Girish Anand | Jul 12, 2018 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, CMS, Health Care Reform, Obamacare
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) Navigator program, which funds groups and individuals to help walk people through the Obamacare sign-up process, is being cut financially once again by the Trump administration, this time from $36 million to $10 million. In 2017, funding...
by Girish Anand | Jul 7, 2018 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, CMS, Obamacare
UPDATE: On Tuesday, July 24, the Trump administration restored the risk-adjusted payments to prevent “chaos” in the health insurance market. Risk-adjusted payments, a principal component of the Affordable Care Act (ACA, or Obamacare) that seeks to level...
by Girish Anand | Jul 7, 2018 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, IRS, Obamacare
Even as many applicable large employers (ALEs) grapple with Employer Shared Responsibility Penalty (ESRP) letters from 2015, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is preparing to issue more such letters — known as Letter 226-J — for 2015, with still more...