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Events Calendar Health Care Reform Legal News & Updates The health care reform legislation signed into law on March 23, 2010, sets out significant new requirements for individuals, employers and insurers, including an individual mandate to purchase health insurance, an employer requirement to offer affordable insurance or pay a fee, and new insurance mandates such as coverage of adult children and prohibition on lifetime and annual limits. This collection of information will help you navigate through the continually developing health care reform by providing easily accessible resources and updates. Read recent legal alerts, view the CAPLAW health reform timeline and article, or find information relevant to both consumers and employers.
Events | Legal Alerts | Information for Employers | Information for Consumers
Ballard Spahr Health Care Reform Alert -- July 28, 2011 New Guidance Under the Early Retiree Reinsurance Program
Ballard Spahr Health Care Reform Alert -- July 13, 2011
Healthcare.Gov Employer Resources and Information Small and large employers can access information on potential tax credits and reimbursements and view an interactive timeline of upcoming changes to health insurance View Healthcare.Gov employer resources. The Office of Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight In partnership with HHS, The Office of Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight (OCIIO) will implement, monitor compliance with, and enforce the new rules governing the insurance market and the new rules regarding medical loss ratios. It will also be responsible for rate review at the federal level, and for providing rate review grants to states. Affordable Care Act Tax Provisions The Affordable Care Act was enacted on March 23, 2010. It contains some tax provisions that take effect this year and more that will be implemented during the next several years. View a list of provisions now in effect. The Kaiser Family Foundation Health Care Reform Resources View informative resources on the health care reform law from the Kaiser Family Foundation.*
Ropes & Gray Health Reform Resource Center Ropes & Gray offers the Health Reform Resource Center to provide up-to-the-minute information on health reform and developments, past and future, and to ensure that employers are ready for the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead. View the Resource Center. Ropes & Gray Timeline of Health Reform Implementation View the Ropes & Gray timeline which provides a schedule for implementation of provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Pub.L. 111-148) as modified by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Pub.L. 111-152). View the timeline. Fisher & Phillips Timeline of Health Insurance Reform The attorneys from the Employee Benefits Practice Group at Fisher & Phillips LLP have created a Timeline of Health Insurance Reform chart to assist you in navigating the new laws. View the timeline. Ballard Spahr Health Care Reform Resources View Ballard Spahr news alerts, webinars and resources on the health care reform. View the resources.
As a result of changes made by the new health care reform law, health coverage provided for an employee's children under 27 years of age is now generally tax-free to the employee, effective March 30, 2010. IRS Notice 2010-38 explains these changes and provides further guidance to employers, employees, health insurers and other interested taxpayers. View Notice 2010-38.
Department of Labor Health Care Reform Resources
Healthcare.Gov Consumer Resources and Information Information on the new law for consumers of health care is available from the advocacy group Families USA on its Health Reform Central web page, including a summary of the new law, a fact sheet on what the new law will do in the first year and timeline. Affordable Care Act Tax Provisions The Affordable Care Act was enacted on March 23, 2010. It contains some tax provisions that take effect this year and more that will be implemented during the next several years. View a list of provisions now in effect. *The Kaiser Family Foundation is a non-profit private operating foundation, based in Menlo Park, California, dedicated to producing and communicating the best possible information, research and analysis on health issues.
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