Technorati Tags: Grandfather status,Grandfather,HHS,DOL,Treasury By Larry Grudzien, JD Edited by Ric Joyner November 15, 2010 On June 17th, the Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and the Treasury (the Departments) issued the “grandfather” regulation. This regulation defined the ways a health plan can keep its grandfather status. The goal is to protect Americans’ ability [...]
Technorati Tags: Grandfather rules,HRA,Heatlh reimbursement arrangement Question from Broker: An employer provides a CDHP with a deductible of 2000/4000 (S/F) along with a Health Reimbursement Account of 1000/2000 (S/F). If the employer reduces the HRA to 500/1000 and all other components of the plan remain unchanged will the plan lose it grandfathered status? The language [...]
Technorati Tags: nondiscrimination testing for health plans,grandfathering rules,health insurance reform By Todd Martin, JD Reinhart Law http://www.publications.pwc.com/DisplayFile.aspx?Attachmentid=3332&Mailinstanceid=16373 Note that the result for a failure to pass the test for self-funded plans was that the benefits became taxable to the highly compensated employees. The result for failing the PPACA test is $100/day per participant. -Ouch. Here [...]
Technorati Tags: heatlh insurance reform,grandfathering rules,9.5% rule,Obama,Health insurance,health care reform bill By Gail Olsen, JD 4-27-10 HEALTH CARE REFORM: A BRAVE NEW WORLD? On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act (PPACA), enacting comprehensive health care reform legislation. On March 30, 2010, President Obama then signed the Health [...]
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