by Girish Anand | Oct 31, 2018 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform, IRS, Obamacare
The window for signing up for health insurance plans effective Jan. 1, 2019, closes at the end of Obamacare open enrollment on Dec. 15 of this year, following the opening of the federal exchange — HealthCare.gov — tomorrow. While this opening is of...
by Girish Anand | Oct 23, 2018 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, Association Health Plans, DOL
Join thousands of other Personnel Concepts customers in gaining access to our Digital Workplace Compliance Library (DWCL), which contains manuals and guides for virtually every compliance challenge facing businesses in the U.S. — WATCH THE VIDEO The Departments...
by Girish Anand | Oct 22, 2018 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, CMS
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Department of the Treasury today issued new guidance so states can move their insurance markets away from the one-size-fits-all rules and regulations imposed by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and increase...
by Girish Anand | Oct 11, 2018 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, CMS
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced today that the average premium for second lowest cost silver plans (SLCSP) for the 2019 coverage year will drop by 1.5 percent, the first time average premiums have dropped since the implementation of...
by Girish Anand | Sep 24, 2018 | ACA, Affordable Care Act
A federal judge has ruled in favor of a Montana health insurer, which brought suit to be paid $5.3 million in cost-sharing reduction (CSR) payments it said was due for 2017 under provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA, or Obamacare). President Trump ended the...
by Girish Anand | Sep 20, 2018 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform
An analysis by the Health Care Cost Institute (HCCI) of nationwide health care spending for enrollees in employer-sponsored insurance plans shows that expenditures rose 44 percent from 2007 to 2016, putting health care on track for a 20-percent slice of Gross Domestic...