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COBRA subsidy provisions included in the Stimulus Act: what plan sponsors and administrators need to do now

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 18 2009

Late last week, the House and the Senate passed the American Economic Recovery and Reinvestment Plan (the “Act”

COBRA credit expansion enacted as part of Department of Defense Appropriations Act

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 23 2009

An expansion of the COBRA premium subsidy originally adopted as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (“ARRA”) was signed into law by the President on December 19, 2009 as part of H.R. 3326 Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2010

Becoming reconciled to health care reform: President Obama signs landmark health reform legislation; further action by Senate to finalize changes is expected

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 23 2010

On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed into law H.R. 3590, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Federal court in Virginia finds health care reform bill’s individual mandate unconstitutional

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 17 2010

In a ruling entered on December 13, 2010, United States District Court Judge Henry E. Hudson held, in a challenge to the health reform law filed by the Commonwealth of Virginia, that Section 1501 (the “Individual Mandate”) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“PPACA”), Pub. L. No. 111-148 (2010), is unconstitutional

Summary of interim final rules on grandfather provisions under PPACA

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 21 2010

Long-awaited regulations under the grandfather provisions of Section 1251 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) were formally issued by the Departments of Health and Human Services, Treasury and Labor (the "agencies") on June 14, 2010

President signs bill that modifies COBRA subsidy rules: immediate action required!

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 8 2010

On March 2, 2010, President Obama signed into law the Temporary Extension Act of 2010 (the "Act"

HHS issues interim regulations on early retiree health insurance program plan sponsors must be ready

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 13 2010

On May 5, 2010, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued interim final regulations ("Interim Regulations") for the early retiree reinsurance program (the "Program") enacted as part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA

Pay or play? How health care reform changes the game for employers

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 9 2011

Will the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) induce employers to terminate their health insurance coverage for employees?

IRS issues guidance on Form W-2 reporting for health coverage costs

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 16 2011

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) requires for the first time that the value of employer-sponsored health coverage must be reported on employees' Forms W-2, even though the health coverage is excludable from gross income and wages for employment tax purposes

The health & welfare benefit year in review

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 12 2012

Well, 2011 was yet another busy legislative and regulatory year for health and other welfare benefits keeping benefits practitioners and plan sponsors on their toes for most of the year