by Ed Fensholt | January 2, 2013 | Employer Mandate, Health Reform, Misc Health Reform
The IRS has released its first set of formal, proposed regulations, and a parallel set of questions and answers, on the health reform law’s “play or pay” mandate on employers. Lockton is preparing two separate Alerts to address the 144 pages of regulations, but here’s...
by Ed Fensholt | September 20, 2012 | Grandfathered Provisions, Health Reform, Preventive Care
The battle over the Obama Administration’s directive that non-grandfathered (under federal health reform) health plans supply cost-free contraception benefits for female enrollees continues to heat up. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. filed suit last week in a federal court,...
by Ed Fensholt | March 29, 2012 | Employer Mandate, Health Reform, Individual Mandate
Well, we didn’t see this coming. Wednesday morning, during the third of three days of oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court concerning the federal health reform law’s “individual mandate,” the Court’s conservative justices made clear their doubts about the...
by Ed Fensholt | March 28, 2012 | Health Reform, Individual Mandate
Day two of the oral arguments before the United States Supreme Court, regarding the constitutionality of the federal health reform law’s “individual mandate,” did not disappoint. If Monday’s oral arguments (largely dealing with jurisdictional issues) were tantamount...
by Ed Fensholt | March 26, 2012 | Health Reform, Individual Mandate
Although we don’t have the final score, it appears the high-profile challenge to the federal health reform law’s “individual mandate” has survived its first-round matchup in the Supreme Court’s version of the NCAA’s March Madness. For those of you addicted to the...
