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Health Care Reform: Now the Regulators Speak
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
We'll focus on these short-term changes, exploring both the grandfather rules and the guidance issued to date, and changes to be aware of in the years leading up to the full implementation of health care reform in 2014
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Close on the heels of their regulations concerning grandfathered plans, the Departments of Labor,...
As explained in our
May 2010 article
, the Affordable Care Act imposed a...
As we reported in our September 2008 article, most tax-favored retirement plans must be amended by...
As part of a recent IRS compliance initiative, 1,200 sponsors of 401(k) plans will soon be asked to...
In addition to transforming the rules governing the benefits that health plans must offer, the...
Congressional passage of comprehensive health care reform legislation means that employers and other...
Recognizing that the key provisions of the Affordable Care Act do not take effect until 2014,...
In the weeks and months leading up to the enactment of the Affordable Care Act, one of the...
While the focus of the Affordable Care Act is clearly on the nation’s health insurance system the...
Under the Affordable Care Act, group health plans providing coverage to dependent children will soon...
Prior to enactment of the Affordable Care Act, employee health benefits provided through an...
As had been widely anticipated, Congress has extended the 65% COBRA premium subsidy yet again. Under...
As widely reported in the news media, the recent extension of unemployment insurance benefits...
A recent decision by an Illinois federal court (Majestic Star Casino, LLC v. Trustmark Insurance...
Years — and in some cases decades — after the enactment of excise taxes on violations of Tax Code...
Rounding out the final year of its first five-year cycle, the IRS has now opened its determination...
As we reported in our February 2009 article, the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization...
For years, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) has focused much of its enforcement resources on...
In June of 2008, the Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Tax (“HEART”) Act became law. The Act...
Effective for plan years beginning on and after January 1, 2009, all sponsors of pension and welfare...
The American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 changed the landscape of compensation arrangements by adding...
Over a year after the Mental Health Parity And Equity Addiction Act (“MHPAEA”) was enacted (and...
As we reported in our
December 2009 article
, Congress and the President...
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
By:
Kenneth A. Mason
The Senate has now joined the House of Representatives in passing legislation to extend the federal...
As reported in our
August 2009 article,
tax-qualified retirement plans must be...