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U.S. judge rejects key part of new healthcare law
The Los Angles Times reports: "Washington — A federal judge in Virginia on Monday rejected part of the new healthcare law, becoming the first court to rule that Congress had placed an unconstitutional requirement on Americans to get health insurance. The...
The Real Health Deal Begins
The Huffington Post reports: If you thought America's health reform debate ended with Vice President Biden's now famous, "This is a big f...ng deal!" comment to the President at the White House signing of the health care reform bill last May, guess again. The really...
Deficit Reduction Commission Reports to President
Image by Getty Images via @daylife NAIFA.org reports: "On December 1, the co-chairmen of the President’s Deficit Reduction Commission (DRC) released the commission’s plan for reducing the deficit by $4 trillion over the next five years. The plan calls for fundamental...
Health Care Reform Compilation from Aetna
Aetna life and Health Insurance Company reports: "A weekly compilation from Aetna of health care-related developments in Washington, D.C. and state legislatures across the country.Week of December 6, 2010 The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) may have...
IRS Helps Small Employers Claim New Health Care Tax Credit
Targeted News Service reports: "WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury'sInternal Revenue Service issued the following news release: The Internal Revenue Service today released final guidance for small employers eligible to claim the new small...
Employer Plans A Tax Target
The Associated Press reports: "WASHINGTON - Job-based health care benefits could wind up on the chopping block if President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans get serious about cutting the deficit. Budget proposals from leaders in both parties have urged...
Health Care Reform: How Companies Need To Worry
Forbs reports: "Most people have heard the noisy debate about the extent to which the health care reform legislation passed earlier this year will burden businesses. But on the flip side, the reform initiatives also underscore the necessity to re-examine social...
Obamacare is paving the way for demise of the health insurance broker
Image by Getty Images via @daylife IFA Web News reports: "An article in the Thanksgiving edition of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution shows the myriad inconsistencies and irrationalities of the new health insurance overhaul law — dubbed “health care reform” — and...
Action Required to Maintain Grandfathered Status
Legislative Update Reminder! Action Required to Maintain Grandfathered Status Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois (BCBSIL) requires that employer groups intending for one or more benefits plans to maintain grandfathered health plan status provide employer...
Job-Based Health Care Benefits Could Be Chopped With Deficit
Fox News Reports: WASHINGTON -- Job-based health care benefits could wind up on the chopping block if President Obama and congressional Republicans get serious about cutting the deficit.He opposes repealing the tax break by itself, but says he would be "willing to...