by Editorial Staff | Oct 19, 2020 | ACA, IRS
On October 2nd, 2020, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced an extension for providing forms 1095-C and 1095-B to employees. The required forms are part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and now carry a deadline of March 2nd, 2021. That date is a month later...
by Editorial Staff | Jul 11, 2020 | ACA, Health Care Reform, HHS
On July 10th, 2020, the U.S. Departments of Labor (DOL), Health and Human Services (HHS), and the Treasury released a joint proposed rule to amend the requirements for grandfathered group health plans and grandfathered group health insurance coverage in order to...
by Girish Anand | Jan 21, 2020 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, Obamacare
While a district judge in Texas weighs the fate of the Affordable Care Act (ACA, or Obamacare), an appeal to the Supreme Court to review the circuit court ruling that struck down the ACA’s individual mandate has been rejected for this term. The court could...
by Girish Anand | Jan 20, 2020 | ACA, Affordable Care Act
The Supreme Court has agreed to review a case brought by the Little Sisters of the Poor, a Catholic home for the elderly and “neediest,” against a mandate by the Obama administration that they must provide birth control services in their health insurance...
by Girish Anand | Jan 5, 2020 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, Obamacare, U.S. Supreme Court
UPDATE: On Jan. 7, the Supreme Court set a Friday afternoon deadline for ACA opponents to respond to the Blue State coalition’s request to expedite the case to be resolved before the November 2020 election. Led by California, a coalition of 20 Blue State...
by Girish Anand | Dec 18, 2019 | ACA, Affordable Care Act
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals today ruled unconstitutional the individual mandate portion of the Affordable Care Act (ACA, or Obamacare), but left the fate of its other provisions in the hands of a Texas judge, who in December 2018 ruled the entire law...