Health Care Reform Posts
- Affordable Care Act’s W-2 Reporting Requirements March 2012
- On January 3, 2012, the IRS released Notice 2012-9 which restates and clarifies guidance
on the Affordable Care Act’s requirement of reporting the costs of Employer sponsored
health coverage of Employees on the Form W-2 using Box 12 and the code DD. This new requirement
is to go into effect starting on 2012 W-2s...
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- Health Care Reform Law To Receive Early Hearing In The Eleventh Circuit April 2011
- According to its March 31, 2011 order, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals will hear
oral arguments on the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
on June 8. The case is an appeal from the January 31, 2011 ruling by Judge Roger Vinson
of the Northern District of Florida which ruled the so-called...
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- Federal Judge Rules Parts Of Health Care Reform Unconstitutional February 2011
- On January 31, 2011, a Federal judge in Florida ruled key parts of the Patient Protection
Act unconstitutional. In a 78-page ruling, Judge Roger Vinson of the Northern District of
Florida ruled the so-called “individual mandate” unconstitutional...
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- President Obama’s Health Care Plan Suffers Significant Legal Setback December 2010
- On 13 December 2010, a federal Court Judge ruled that an important provision of the
Affordable Care Act, President Obama’s sweeping health-care overhaul, is unconstitutional.
This ruling is a significant legal setback for the backers of the health-care plan...
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- Summary Of Health Care Reform Grandfathering Regulations July 2010
- A group health plan is grandfathered if at least one individual was enrolled on
23 March 2010 and the plan has continuously provided coverage to that one individual or
other newly enrolled individuals since 23 March 2010. A plan must notify participants
of its grandfathered status...
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- Regulations Issued on Group Health Plan Coverage of Adult Children June 2010
- Since the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
of 2010, as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation
Act of 2010 (herein collectively referred to as the Health Care
Reform Act), employers have been waiting for the Department of
Health and Human Services to issue regulations...
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- SWB Provides a Summary of the Health Care Reform Act June 2010
- The passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of
2010, as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act
of 2010 (herein collectively referred to as the Health Care Reform
Act), represents one of the most comprehensive pieces of health care
legislation in this nation's history...
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- Health Care Reform Act Requires Unpaid Break Times for Nursing Mothers June 2010
- Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, as amended
by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, Employers
covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) are required to furnish
"reasonable" break periods to mothers "each time an employee has a need"
to express breast milk for the first year...
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- Health Care Reform Bill: Small Business Health Care Tax Credit May 2010
- The Health Care Reform Bill (H.R.
4872) signed by President Obama on 23 March 2010, includes a
Small Business Health Care Tax Credit to help small businesses
afford the cost of covering their workers. The tax credit is
initially available ("the first phase") for any tax year
beginning in 2010, 2011, 2012, or 2013...
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- First Looks: The Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 May 2010
- The Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of
2010 (H.R. 4872 - aka Health Care Reform Act - herein referred
to as "the Act"), constitutes the biggest expansion of federal
health care guarantees since the enactment of Medicare and
Medicaid more than four decades ago...
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- Congress Passes Comprehensive Health Care Reform Bill April 2010
- On 21 March 2010, the United States House of
Representatives passed the Reconciliation Act of 2010 containing
sweeping health care reform. The bill passed on a 219-212 vote
and the Government Accounting Office estimates that it will cost
$940 billion. Two (2) days later, President Obama signed the
bill into law...
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