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Jul 19, 2019

Affordable Care Act – Challenges and Changes Continue

Since the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was signed into law by President Barack Obama it has become embedded in our nation’s health care...

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Apr 2, 2019

Affordable Care Act - Future of Law Remains Uncertain

It has been nine years since the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was signed into law by President Barack Obama, and since then it has become...

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Jan 17, 2019

New Jersey Individual Health Mandate – Employer Reporting Requirement

Beginning January 1, 2019, New Jersey (NJ) requires its residents to maintain health insurance (minimum essential health coverage)...

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Nov 30, 2018

More Guidance on HRAs Integrated with Individual Health Insurance

We recently released an Update summarizing new proposed regulations that would expand the usability of health reimbursement arrangements...

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Nov 5, 2018

NJ Adopts Website to Promote Health Insurance Enrollment

This past summer the New Jersey state legislature enacted its own individual health care mandate that requires New Jersey residents to...

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Jun 7, 2018

NJ Adopts Individual Health Insurance Mandate

The New Jersey Health Insurance Market Preservation Act was signed into law by Governor Phil Murphy enacting a state-level individual...

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Dec 26, 2017

Tax Law Signed - Repeals Individual Mandate Penalties

Congress has passed and President Trump has signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which, among other things, repeals the Affordable Care Act...

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Nov 3, 2017

ACA Individual and Employer Mandate – Reporting Update

The IRS has announced that in order to avoid refund and processing delays when filing 2017 personal federal income tax returns in 2018,...

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Nov 7, 2013

Transition Relief for Non-Calendar Year Cafeteria Plans

The IRS recently issued Notice 2013-71 which clarifies when non-calendar year cafeteria plans can permit employees to change their 2013...

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Oct 30, 2013

The Individual Mandate Initial Enrollment - Six Week Extension

The healthcare reform exchange Marketplace is now “open for business” and millions of users have visited the healthcare.gov website....

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Oct 25, 2013

Marketplace Enrollment Periods and Issues with Employer-Sponsored Health Plans

Enrollment into the health insurance Marketplaces (health reform “exchanges”) is currently underway. Enrollment began October 1, 2013 and...

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Sep 30, 2013

The Marketplace Application Process and the Employer Coverage Tool

Starting October 1st, one of the major elements of the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act (PPACA) will begin with the launch of...

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Jul 10, 2013

Final Rules on Religious Organizations and Contraception Coverage

The Obama administration issued final rules addressing how healthcare reform’s contraceptive coverage mandate applies to religious...

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Nov 14, 2011

Supreme Court to Decide Fate of Individual Mandate

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case filed by 26 states challenging the constitutionality of national healthcare reform....

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Oct 4, 2011

Supreme Court Ruling on Constitutionality of Healthcare Law Likely

More than 20 groups have filed federal lawsuits challenging the healthcare law since President Obama signed it into law in March 2010....

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Aug 16, 2011

Appeals Court Finds Individual Mandate Unconstitutional

A federal appeals court has sided with 26 states that filed a lawsuit to block health reform by ruling that the healthcare law mandate...

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Feb 1, 2011

Federal Judge Strikes Down Health Reform Law and the Individual Mandate

A Florida federal judge has found the entirety of the health reform law unconstitutional, ruling that Congress exceeded its...

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Dec 14, 2010

VA Federal Judge Agrees that the Health Insurance Mandate Oversteps Constitution

On December 13, 2010, a Virginia federal judge ruled that the individual health insurance mandate included in the new health care law is...

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