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 14, 2016 | Misc Health Reform
In late 2014, Congress enacted a law intended to clarify how the requirements of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) applied to health insurance provided to US expatriates—both US nationals abroad and foreign nationals in the US. The Expatriate Health Coverage Clarification...
by Scott Behrens | May 20, 2016 | Health Reform
Absent a ninth justice to presumably cast a deciding vote, the Supreme Court told Health and Human Services (HHS) and various religious employers challenging HHS’s contraceptive mandate accommodation to head back to the negotiating table. As described in our recent...
by Ed Fensholt | May 13, 2016 | Compliance Services, Health Reform
A federal trial court judge has ruled that the Obama Administration cannot use federal funds to reimburse health insurers providing cost-sharing subsidies in the online health insurance marketplaces created by the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The judge won’t enforce her...
by | March 9, 2016 | Health Risk Solutions, Preventive Care, Workplace Wellness
As employer sponsored programs gain momentum, more and more creative solutions are being offered to help motivate employees toward changing behaviors. In an effort to improve employee health, fitness devices have quickly become a powerful way to incent goal setting...
by Ed Fensholt | March 4, 2016 | Health Reform
With five main candidates still standing (at least for now), we thought we’d take a moment to provide a quick review of where they stand on the issue of health insurance. Specifically, how should it be provided, through what channels, and who should pay for it? So...
