The fate of the Affordable Care Act will once again be in the hands of the Supreme Court next week, when it will hear arguments focusing entirely on just four words in one section of the health care law.
Anthem Inc., the second-largest health care insurance provider in the U.S., announced late Feb. 4 that hackers breached company computers gaining access to customer and employee information, including names, Social Security numbers, addresses and employment data.
January 2015 marks the start of the employer mandate of the Affordable Care Act for companies with 100 or more full time employees.
A report by the advocacy group Mental Health America suggests despite the major strides in overall access to health insurance Obamacare has provided, getting affordable mental health services may still be a challenge.
H.R. 30, the “Save American Workers Act,” passed in the House by a vote of 252-172. The bill would change the definition of a full-time employee under the Affordable Care Act from one who works 30 hours per week to one who works 40 hours per week.
Last month, the Department of Labor issued Part 22 of its series of FAQs regarding implementation of the Affordable Care Act. It raised some topics of concern for businesses with non-traditional health care plans.
This month, Tom Quigley, Vice President and National Business Consultant, was a guest on podcast Cincinnati Business Talk with Mike Roth of Roth & Associates, Inc., an authorized licensee of the Sandler Training.
At this time last year the Affordable Care Act seemed destined for disaster, with the rollout of the nearly inoperable HealthCare.gov marketplace. But as the second open-enrollment period continues, evidence shows the ACA had some success in its first year.
A Senate committee will consider the extension of the Children’s Health Insurance Program, whose funding is scheduled to expire next September.
Tom is discussing Obamacare’s Employer Mandate that states employers must offer health insurance that is affordable and provides minimum value to their full-time employees and their children up to age 26 or be subject to penalties beginning January 1, 2015.