by Eriksen Insurance | Jan 25, 2013 | Requirements
Legislative Update: IRS Releases FAQ on Employer Shared Responsibility [All Markets] The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently issued proposed rules regarding the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) Employer Shared Responsibility provisions. Under these provisions, an...
by Eriksen Insurance | Jan 25, 2013 | Heath Care Costs
Fox News reports: “While the most sweeping provisions of the health care overhaul have not yet gone into effect, plenty of Americans will still be paying higher insurance premiums this year — as insurance companies try to preemptively cover the cost of a...
by Eriksen Insurance | Jan 25, 2013 | Illinois Health Insurance
ILLINOIS: The legislature’s veto session adjourned last week with the Assembly failing to finish its preliminary actions to expand Medicaid under the ACA. The House Appropriations Committee had approved a bill that would have added 520,000 state residents to the...
by Eriksen Insurance | Jan 25, 2013 | Heath Care Costs
Employee Benefit Advisor reports: “With every day that goes by, the nation’s employers move a step closer to having to make a decision: Do I play or pay? Employers now have just a little more than one year to prepare themselves and their workforces for the...
by Eriksen Insurance | Jan 22, 2013 | Health Laws
Business Insurance reports: Long-awaited Internal Revenue Service proposed regulations favorably resolve key questions about a key health care reform law provision that imposes stiff penalties on employers that do not offer coverage.“Certainty is what employers...
