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Obama Signs 1099 Repeal Bill.

Technorati Tags: NAHU,Taxes,1099,1099 Repeal,Small Business Nahu Newswire The AP (4/15) reports, “President Barack Obama has signed the first rollback of last year’s healthcare law, a bipartisan repeal of a burdensome tax-reporting requirement that’s widely unpopular with businesses.”         The Washington Post (4/15, Sonmez) “2chambers” blog reports, “The move marked the first successful effort by Congress [...]

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Grandfathering Rules and the 9.5%

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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Senate Finance Committee Seeking to End Tax Deductions for Health Insurance, FSAs, HRAs and Limiting HSAs

Urgent Memo=Call To Action From: Ric Joyner, CEO of eflexgroup.com Re: Senate Finance Committee Suggestions on Financing Health Care Date: 5-21-09 Dear Participant, Employer and Broker, The Senate Finance Committee has issued its suggestions for financing the new health care program designed to fix the uninsured in the country. We applaud the Senator’s actions to [...]

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NEW HEALTH CARE LAW REQUIRES ADDITIONAL SPECIAL ENROLLMENT RIGHTS, NOTICE, AND DISCLOSURE OBLIGATIONS FOR EMPLOYER-PROVIDED GROUP HEALTH PLANS

By Larry Grudzien, JD   The Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Reauthorization Act of 2009 extends and expands the State Children’s Health Insurance Program. Under the new law, states are allowed to subsidize premiums for employer-provided group health coverage for eligible children and families. The new law also requires employer-provided group health plans and insurers [...]

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Employers Grab Your wallets: 60% Employers to fund COBRA for termed and laid off employees!

Late yesterday we received word that the House-Senate conference committee had reached a compromise on the economic stimulus bill.  Although some members of Congress have attempted to scuttle the deal, it appears that the House is set to vote upon the compromise bill as early as this afternoon, with the Senate to follow on Friday.  As [...]

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