Obama Care

Government looking for ways to end the Cadillac Tax on employers, part of the current ACA….more taxes

There is wide support to repeal the current ObamaCare (ACA) Cadillac Tax due to take effect in 2022 for #employers and affecting Group Health Plans and Employee Benefit offerings by companies.  The tax was introduced by Obama as a way to help pay for the uninsured citizens in the US.  The Cadillac Tax would impose […]

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How about employers that want to give employees $$ to go out and buy their own Health Insurance, not so fast!

It used to be that employers would give their employees money to purchase their own Individual-Family plans.  They would find plans on the internet or through an Independent Broker.  Some employers would “reimburse” employees for their health insurance expenses that they found on their own.  Many companies would claim the money paid as a “business

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Larger employers may get relief from the ACA if new measure passes

The “Save American Workers Act, (HR 3798) will be voted on very soon by the House of Representatives.  If passed, it would change the definition of a full time worker to a full 40 hours a week, not 30 hours as it stands now with the ACA, ObamaCare.  Today, an employer with at least 50

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Trump still battling ObamaCare, no change in number of unisured with Trump at POTUS in 2017

According to the Heritage Foundation in Washington DC, the first year of President Donald Trump has not affected the numbers of overall uninsured in America.  Census Bureau data information is that in 2017, the uninsured in America held firm at under 9%.  States that have expanded Medicaid (It’s MediCal in CA), have experienced a decrease

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ACA Employer Mandate and Pay or Play may be going away, possibly retroactively! Employers are cheering

I would not celebrate yet…but H.R. 4616 would basically shut down the ACA’s Employer Mandate, sometimes known as the “Pay or Play” for larger employers.  Members of the House of Representatives will be voting very soon on this bill that could suspend collection of the ACA Employer Mandate penalties and also further delay the ACA

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Small Business Health Insurance little secret……once a year Special Enrollment Period

If you are an employer that is looking to put together a Group Health Insurance plan, there may be some affordable options out there, only available once a year.  The ACA (ObamaCare) has mandated that once a year, during the month of November, all carriers, Kaiser, Anthem, Aetna, UHC, Blue Shield, all have to accept

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Group Health Insurance, HR Directors and Managers behavior, 2018

New laws require managers to change their behaviors in three ways in 2018. Overall, these are not onerous requirements. What a welcome change from previous years! 1. Hiring managers cannot inquire about an applicant’s current pay. In the past, managers could find out a recruit’s current pay and then offer just a slight increase. These

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