IRS Issues Notice on Employer Health Coverage for Children under 27
April 27, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service announced that the new health reform law immediately allows employers with...
Tag: Healthcare
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Mercer Estimates 38% of Employers to be Penalized for Unaffordable Coverage
April 27, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than a third of the nation’s employers have at least some employees for whom...
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What is a Grandfathered Plan?
April 27, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors have lots of issues to deal with - but perhaps none looms quite...
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CMS Report Says 1.4M Fewer Americans to be in Employer Health Plans
April 23, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) report on the new health care reform...
DoL Answers Questions on Health Reform and COBRA
April 23, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Labor’s Web page on health care reform now contains a page of...
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CBO Says Four Million Likely to Pay Penalty for Being Uninsured
April 22, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Congressional Budget Office estimates that in total, about four million people are projected to...
NY Times Takes Charge for Health Care Reform Benefit Tax Changes
April 22, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The New York Times company has joined other major U.S. employers in taking a one-time...
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Employer Group Releases Child Mental Health Booklet
April 21, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new guide designed to help employers improve the delivery of child and adolescent behavioral...
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OK Republicans Promise Health Care Reform Legal Challenge
April 20, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Oklahoma GOP state legislative leaders have announced they will file a lawsuit challenging the new...
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Nearly All Employers Concerned about Health Care Costs
April 20, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Results of the 2010 UBA Employer Opinion Survey indicate that nearly all (99.4%) top decision...
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Insurers Beat Health Care Reform Deadline on Adult Children Coverage
April 20, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Four large U.S. insurers have announced they will voluntarily allow college students to stay on...
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What Do Plan Sponsors Need to Be Worried About Within the Next Year Under PPACA?
April 20, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors have lots of issues to deal with - but perhaps none...
IRS Notifies Employers of Health Care Tax Credit
April 19, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service has begun mailing postcards to more than four million small businesses...
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Judge Upholds RI Retiree Health Cuts
April 16, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal judge in Rhode Island has rebuffed union efforts to challenge the state’s right...
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San Francisco Increases Required Employer Health Spending
April 16, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – San Francisco employers will have to dig a little deeper in their pockets next year...
COBRA Subsidy Eligibility Extended
April 16, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – President Obama has signed into law a measure extending the 65%, 15-month COBRA premium subsidy...
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Cigna, Humana Form Workplace Benefits Alliance
April 16, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Two major insurers announced they have formed an alliance to provide a broader range of...
PPG Reports $85M Health Care-Related Charge
April 16, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - PPG Industries Inc, a Pittsburgh-based company which makes glass, paints and coatings for a variety...
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Hewitt Tells Employers to Take Steps Now to Comply with FSA Changes
April 15, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Employers need to take steps now to comply with provisions of the recently passed health...
House Hearing on Retiree Health Benefits Scrapped
April 15, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee has scrapped plans to hold a hearing on...