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Health Reform Grandfather Plan Rules Released
On Monday, June 14, 2010, health care reform interim rules gave much anticipated guidance on how and when insured and self-insured health...
Jun 14, 2010
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Health Care Reform – It’s Not Just Coming from Washington
While national health insurance reform has received all of the attention, states across the nation have been actively involved in passing...
Jun 13, 2010
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More Guidance Issued on the Early Retiree Reinsurance Program
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued a notice on a new recordkeeping system in support of the Early Retiree...
Jun 10, 2010
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NJ Local Finance Board Issues Notice Related to Employee Benefit Changes
On May 21, 2010 NJ P.L. 2010, Chapter 2 was enacted establishing, among other things, a minimum floor contribution requiring all public...
Jun 6, 2010
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Draft Early Retiree Reinsurance Program Application Available
Under the Affordable Care Act, employment-based plans that offer health benefits to early retirees and their spouses, surviving spouses...
Jun 2, 2010
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HHS to Establish a Health Reform Web Portal
The Affordable Care Act requires that Health and Human Services (HHS) create an Internet website, referred to as a "web portal," through...
May 31, 2010
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IRS Releases 2011 Amounts for HSAs and HDHPs
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has published contribution limits for health savings accounts (HSAs) and out-of-pocket expenses for...
May 26, 2010
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New Guidance Issued on Dependent Coverage Extension
The new national health insurance reform act - the Affordable Care Act - requires group health plans and health insurance issuers that...
May 11, 2010
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Early Retiree Reinsurance Program Regulations Released
Conner Strong's recently issued legislative bulletin provided a link to a Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) fact sheet on the...
May 6, 2010
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Dependent to Age 26 Developments
HHS Urges Plans to Extend Dependent Coverage: Health and Human Services (HHS) has sent a letter urging employers and insurers to...
Apr 28, 2010
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Early Retiree Reinsurance Program To Begin June 23
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released a fact sheet on the early retiree reinsurance program enacted as part of the...
Apr 15, 2010
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New Governmental Webpages On Healthcare Reform
The White House and Health and Human Services (HHS) web sites provide general information about health reform and question and answer...
Apr 12, 2010
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National Health Insurance Reform It’s Official Now
National Health Insurance Reform passed its final legislative hurdle last night as the US House passed 220-207 (a re-vote) a package of...
Mar 25, 2010
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Latest National Health Insurance News And Year By Year Impact
This afternoon the Senate passed on a 56-43 basis the House amendments to the Senate’s original health bill. In spite of the fact that...
Mar 24, 2010
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President Signs Health Insurance Reform
At a ceremony at the White House yesterday, the President signed the Senate’s health insurance reform bill originally passed on December...
Mar 23, 2010
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Details Of The US House’s Health Insurance Amendments
As reported yesterday by Conner Strong, on Sunday March 21, in addition to approving the Senate health insurance reform bill, the US...
Mar 22, 2010
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US House Passes Health Reform Legislation
On Sunday, March 21, 2010 the US House of Representatives passed health care reform legislation by a vote of 219-212. The final votes...
Mar 21, 2010
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PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRICING AND THE FIRST DATABANK SETTLEMENT
The Issue At-a-Glance By now, you’ve probably heard that First DataBank (FDB), the prescription drug industry’s largest publisher of...
Aug 2, 2009
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Introduction to Family Income to Respond to Significant Transactions Act and Healthy Families Act
Mid-June the House Committee on Education and Labor Subcommittee on workforce protections met with various organizations to hear the pros...
Jul 13, 2009
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IRS Releases 2010 Limits on Deductible Contributions to HSAs
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has published inflation-adjusted limits for health savings accounts (HSAs) and high deductible health...
Jul 1, 2009
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