Wellness

While some are expecting technical glitches come Oct. 1, others point out the enormity of what’s at stake and quell widespread fears.

At 2 p.m. ET on Oct. 2, EBN and EBA will offer a web seminar on issues relating to ACA implementation and what they mean for employers – whether or not they plan having their workers participate in ACA marketplaces.

Randy Osban’s job selling ribs and brisket from a yellow trailer on Texas’s state road 71 offers a sweeping view of the hill country beyond Austin. One benefit his business doesn’t provide is health insurance.

House Republicans return to Washington today still at loggerheads over how to thwart the ACA without shutting down the federal government on Oct. 1.

A recent ruling by the DOL prevents HRAs from being used by employers as the only vehicle for supplying medical benefits.

Effort to coincide with open enrollment.

Republicans are strategizing a delay of the ACA to avoid a government shutdown later this month and also voted last week to delay new subsidies for the soon-to-be-open exchanges.

While most employers are focused on the larger 'Obamacare' fines than be levied against a plan, they shouldn't lose sight of a slew of smaller penalties that can really add up.

The computer hub, a frequent target of Republicans, is designed to route data on customers using new insurance exchanges from seven federal agencies including the Internal Revenue Service and Social Security Administration.

“We want to offer some constructive suggestions” to President Barack Obama, says Fred Redmond, a vice president with the United Steelworkers Union and a member of the AFL-CIO executive council.