18 Aug Affordable Care Act: Will Your Group Health Plan be Affordable in 2021?

Posted at 13:42h in Affordable Care Act, Commercial Insurance, Employee Benefits, Group Benefits, Health Insurance, Human Resources

The Affordable Care Act’s affordability threshold for employer-sponsored group health plans will increase to 9.83 percent in 2021. The affordability threshold is currently 9.78 percent. The impending increase primarily affects employers with 50 or more full-time or full-time equivalent employees. The ACA generally requires these...

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17 Dec Affordable Care Act: IRS Extends 2019 Reporting and Filing Deadline

Posted at 19:51h in Affordable Care Act, Group Benefits

It’s that time of year again. Large employers must turn their attention to the Affordable Care Act’s annual information-reporting requirements. The good news is that the Internal Revenue Service extended the deadline for large employers to furnish 2019 information statements to employees. However, the deadline to file information returns with the...

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16 Oct Affordable Care Act Update: IRS Announces Affordability Threshold for 2020

Posted at 15:29h in Affordable Care Act, Group Benefits, Health Insurance

The Internal Revenue Service announced that the Affordable Care Act’s affordability threshold will be 9.78 percent in 2020. This is important because employers with 50 or more full-time or full-time equivalent employees in the preceding calendar year (Applicable Large Employers or ALEs) must offer their full-time employees minimum essential health...

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21 Jan Affordable Care Act: Annual Reporting and Filing Deadlines Are on the Horizon

Posted at 15:11h in Employee Benefits, Labor & Employment Law

The deadlines for large employers to comply with the Affordable Care Act’s annual information reporting requirements are almost here. Employers have been given an extension of time to furnish 2018 information statements to employees, but the deadline to file information returns with the Internal Revenue...

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10 Oct Affordable Care Act: Will Your Group Health Plan be Affordable in 2019?

Posted at 17:15h in Affordable Care Act, Commercial Insurance, Employee Benefits, Health Insurance

Unlike the Individual Mandate, the Affordable Care Act’s Employer Mandate isn’t going anywhere in 2019. Employers with 50 or more full-time and full-time equivalent employees will still have to offer “affordable” health coverage to avoid ACA penalties. But, there is a sliver of good news....

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06 Feb The Affordable Care Act: What Does President Trump’s Executive Order Mean for Employers?

Posted at 13:35h in Affordable Care Act, Employee Benefits, Group Benefits

It wasn’t long before campaign promises to repeal Obamacare became official White House policy. On his first day in office, President Trump issued an Executive Order stating that “it is the policy of my Administration to seek the prompt repeal of the Patient Protection and...

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14 Dec IRS Extends Deadline to Furnish ACA Forms to Individuals and Good-Faith Relief from ACA Reporting Penalties

Posted at 20:49h in Affordable Care Act, Commercial Insurance, Employee Benefits, Labor & Employment Law

On November 18, 2016, the Internal Revenue Service gave employers averaging at least 50 full-time or full-time equivalent employees in 2015 (Applicable Large Employers or ALEs) an early holiday gift. The IRS extended the Affordable Care Act’s due date to furnish 2016 Forms 1095-C to...

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03 Aug Gender Identity and Sex Stereotyping Under the Affordable Care Act

Posted at 18:43h in Group Benefits, Health Insurance, Human Resources

Did you know that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) contains a civil rights provision? The ACA prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability in certain health programs and activities. Despite becoming law in 2010, final implementation rules were...

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30 Mar Supreme Court Requests Compromise Options in ACA Contraception Case

Posted at 16:50h in Affordable Care Act, Group Benefits, Health Insurance

In Zubik v. Burwell, the U.S. Supreme Court is considering whether the rights of religiously affiliated nonprofit organizations are violated by the Affordable Care Act’s contraceptive-coverage mandate. Given the sensitive, often contentious issues raised in this case, the public is anxiously awaiting the Court’s decision....

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03 Feb Is Your Group Health Plan Considered ‘Affordable’ under the ACA?

Posted at 14:30h in Affordable Care Act, Group Benefits, Health Insurance

Applicable Large Employers (ALEs) are generally employers that average at least 50 full-time and full-time equivalent employees. Under the Affordable Care Act, ALEs can either provide health insurance coverage to employees or pay a penalty. To avoid a penalty, ALEs must offer health coverage to...

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