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DOL issues model notice of coverage options available through exchanges and sets October 1 deadline

Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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USA
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May 15 2013

The United States Department of Labor (the "DOL") recently issued temporary guidance on the required notice to employees regarding their coverage

Guidance issued on two key Affordable Care Act provisions taking effect in 2014: the 90-day waiting period limit and determining full-time employees for purposes of the employer shared responsibility rules

Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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USA
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September 25 2012

New guidance for employers on two key provisions under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that take effect in 2014 has been released

IRS issues proposed regulations on the employer penalty under the Affordable Care Act

Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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USA
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January 22 2013

Just in time for the New Year, the Internal Revenue Service released its much anticipated proposed regulations on the employer shared responsibility

DOL postpones employer deadline to provide notice of health care exchanges

Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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USA
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February 11 2013

In recently released FAQs about Affordable Care Act Implementation (Part XI), the US Department of Labor (DOL) postponed the March 1, 2013 deadline

Employers must prepare for compliance with the Affordable Care Act

Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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USA
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July 19 2012

Now that the United States Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, employers and health plan sponsors must begin to review plans and procedures to prepare for its implementation

House Committee approves medical loss ratio bill; New York court dismisses challenge to Wage Parity Law

Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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USA
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September 24 2012

On September 20, the House Energy and Commerce Committee approved a bill that would exclude brokers’ commissions from the calculation of a health insurance plan’s medical loss ratio (MLR

Supreme Court upholds constitutionality of Affordable Care Act

Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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USA
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June 29 2012

In perhaps the most widely anticipated Supreme Court decision since Bush v. Gore in 2000, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“PPACA”) was upheld on Thursday in a narrow 5 to 4 decision

The IRS delivers welcome relief to fully insured group health plans by delaying Affordable Care Act nondiscrimination rules

Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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USA
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January 6 2011

The IRS delayed application of the nondiscrimination rules under Internal Revenue Code section 105(h) to fully-insured group health plans

Connecticut governor vetoes bill establishing the Connecticut Healthcare Partnership

Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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USA
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June 24 2008

Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell recently vetoed House Bill 5536, An Act Establishing the Connecticut Healthcare Partnership (the "Bill"), which is intended to achieve savings for Connecticut municipalities, nonprofit groups and small employers with 50 employees or less by allowing them to join the current state employees' health insurance program

COBRA premium subsidy included in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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USA
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June 1 2009

Recognizing that few laid-off employees can afford to continue health coverage under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA), laid-off employees will now be eligible for a temporary reduction in their COBRA premiums under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (the "Act"

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