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IRS Releases Minumum Coverage Level Information for Large and Small Groups But Asks for Comments

Notice 2012-31 describes and requests comments on several possible approaches to determining whether health coverage under an eligible employer-sponsored plan provides minimum value.  Beginning in 2014, eligible individuals who purchase coverage under a qualified health plan through an Affordable Insurance Exchange may receive a premium tax credit under § 36B only if they are not [...]

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Day 1 HCR Supreme Court–Court Decides to Continue Forward

Supreme Court signals health care case won’t be held up over  technicality Published March 26, 2012 | FoxNews.com Supreme  Court justices signaled Monday that the landmark case over the federal  health care law will probably not be held up over a technicality. That technicality was the focus of the opening round of hearings Monday. The  [...]

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Health Reform Questions – Loss of Grandfathered Status

By Larry Grudzien, JD March 24, 2012 My client currently sponsors a PPO, an HMO and an HDHP. For the next policy year, it wants to eliminate the PPO for cost reasons and transfer all the employees to the remaining two plans it sponsors. Will such elimination affect the grandfathered status of the other two [...]

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DOL Technical Release 2012-01 FAQs on Automatic Enrollment, Shared Responsibility and Waiting Periods

Technical Release No. 2012-01 Frequently Asked Questions from Employers Regarding Automatic Enrollment, Employer Shared Responsibility, and Waiting Periods February 9, 2012   Introduction Many provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Affordable Care Act) that become effective beginning in 2014 are designed to expand access to affordable health coverage. These include provisions for [...]

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IRS Issues Interim Guidance on Informational Reporting of Employer-Sponsored Health Coverage

 Reporting is Voluntary for All Employers for 2011 and Small Employers for 2012 IR-2011-31, March 29, 2011 WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service today issued interim guidance to employers on informational reporting on each employee’s annual Form W-2 of the cost of the health insurance coverage they sponsor for employees. The IRS is also requesting [...]

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Ric Joyner Speaking for the National Association of Health Underwriters on Health Care Reform and Planning for the Future!

Technorati Tags: Ric Joyner,NAHU,Consumerism,Agents,Brokers We are pleased to announce that NAHU has given anyone who registers to attend this webinar may do so at NAHU member prices… $45.00 a 30% savings! Date of the seminar: Thursday, February 24, 2011 at 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM Eastern Time NAHU Professional Development Consumer Driven Products: What can [...]

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