Despite efforts to kill it, ACA remains on employers’ radar

WASHINGTON, DC — While the drumbeat of repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act has died down since last year, employers must still be aware of the White House’s plans to change the healthcare landscape. There are still some initiatives like President Donald Trump’s Oct. 12 executive order requiring the Department of Labor to adopt regulations that […]

What to do if the IRS sends an ACA non-compliance notice in error

The Internal Revenue Service is beginning to send out Employer Shared Responsibility Payment notices to employers that it believes failed to comply with the ACA coverage requirements in 2015 calendar year. Some employers receiving these notices actually complied with the ACA requirements in 2015, but the IRS received inaccurate or incomplete information and has thus […]

Trump sides with Texas, won’t defend Obamacare in court

(Bloomberg) – The Trump administration is siding with Texas in the state’s bid to convince a federal judge that Obamacare is largely unconstitutional. The Justice Department is tasked with defending federal statutes. But in this instance it agrees with the state that the individual mandate and other requirements should be deemed illegitimate as of Jan. […]

New Obamacare lawsuit looks like another loser

(Bloomberg Opinion) – A lawsuit against the Affordable Care Act may well turn out to be a bigger story in the news than in the courts. When the Donald Trump administration declined to defend the law, and partly endorsed the lawsuit, critics denounced it for flouting its alleged duty to defend duly enacted federal laws […]

Helping employees navigate the health insurance experience

Is health insurance really so difficult to understand? Not according to U.S. consumers. According to recent research conducted by GfK, when it comes to health insurance, only about one in four think decisions about health insurance are extremely or very complicated. Moreover, 75% think they know as much as or more than their friends and […]

Helping employees navigate the health insurance experience

Is health insurance really so difficult to understand? Not according to U.S. consumers. According to recent research conducted by GfK, when it comes to health insurance, only about one in four think decisions about health insurance are extremely or very complicated. Moreover, 75% think they know as much as or more than their friends and […]

Helping employees navigate the health insurance experience

Is health insurance really so difficult to understand? Not according to U.S. consumers. According to recent research conducted by GfK, when it comes to health insurance, only about one in four think decisions about health insurance are extremely or very complicated. Moreover, 75% think they know as much as or more than their friends and […]

Helping employees navigate the health insurance experience

Is health insurance really so difficult to understand? Not according to U.S. consumers. According to recent research conducted by GfK, when it comes to health insurance, only about one in four think decisions about health insurance are extremely or very complicated. Moreover, 75% think they know as much as or more than their friends and […]

Helping employees navigate the health insurance experience

Is health insurance really so difficult to understand? Not according to U.S. consumers. According to recent research conducted by GfK, when it comes to health insurance, only about one in four think decisions about health insurance are extremely or very complicated. Moreover, 75% think they know as much as or more than their friends and […]