by Ed Fensholt | January 2, 2019 | Health Reform, Health Reform / ACA, Individual Mandate
The federal trial court judge who last month struck down the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate, and then proceeded to strike the entire ACA, ruled on Sunday that the law remains in effect pending appeal. The judge also ruled on Sunday that the states...
by Mark Holloway | March 20, 2018 | ACA Repeal and Replace, Compliance Services, Employer Mandate, Health Reform, Health Reform / ACA, Individual Mandate
This week marks the eight-year anniversary of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). In that span the law has survived numerous legal challenges, including more than one decision from the US Supreme Court. In a landmark decision in 2012, the high court ruled that the ACA...
by Ed Fensholt | October 23, 2017 | ACA Repeal and Replace, Employer Mandate, Health Reform, Health Reform / ACA, Individual Mandate, Reporting & Disclosure
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) imposes health insurance coverage mandates on individuals and employers, but to this point the IRS has been slow to enforce the mandates. That may no longer be the case as the IRS signals it is prepared to begin an enforcement effort in...
by Ed Fensholt | October 28, 2016 | Compliance Services, Health Reform, Individual Mandate, Insurance Exchanges, Uncategorized
It could not have been more obvious. When we were on Capitol Hill in 2009 and 2010 talking to members of Congress about the impending Affordable Care Act, we told anyone willing to listen, “If you’re going to federally subsidize individual insurance coverage in new...
by Mark Holloway | July 28, 2014 | Employer Mandate, Individual Mandate, Misc Health Reform
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has indicated that it will not require insurers in the U.S. territories to comply with some of the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA’s) insurance market reforms. The U.S. territories include Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin...
by Compliance Services at Lockton | July 22, 2014 | Employer Mandate, Individual Mandate, Insurance Exchanges
Conflicting U.S. court of appeals rulings issued today further muddy the waters over the future of the federal health reform law colloquially known as Obamacare. The fight involves whether individuals enrolled in medical insurance through a federally-operated public...
