IRS guidelines on QSEHRAs will require ‘a huge amount of administration’
As of Monday, small employers looking to offer tax-free plans to cover workers’ insurance premiums and healthcare expenses will have to follow extensive new compliance rules.
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IRS guidelines on QSEHRAs will require ‘a huge amount of administration’
As of Nov. 20, small employers looking to offer tax-free plans to cover workers’ insurance premiums and healthcare expenses will have to follow extensive new compliance rules.
Benefits Think IRS prepares to issue ACA employer responsibility penalties
Notices are scheduled to go out to employers by “late 2017” to instruct employers on how to process their mandated payments.
Stephanie Grant
Warner Norcross & Judd
Benefits Think Including the individual mandate in tax reform is the wrong approach
A repeal of the ACA requirement in the Senate’s proposal doesn’t get the U.S. closer to much-needed market stability.
Craig Hasday
Frenkel Benefits
Senate Republicans toss potential ACA bomb into tax bill
The plan released Tuesday night mixes two red-hot debates by adding a repeal of the Obamacare law’s individual mandate to their tax legislation.
Payers, providers call on Congress to abandon efforts to repeal ACA mandate
Groups say the move would destabilize the health insurance market and raise premiums.
Senate targets ACA, sunsets several cuts
Revisions to the Senate Republican’s tax-overhaul plan would create heftier upfront tax breaks for the middle class and small businesses — and then wipe them off the books by 2026.
Lower-paid employees less likely to be enrolled in employer health plans
ACA and payroll data show only 65% of employees earning less than $16K annually choose their company’s ‘bronze’ health plan.
GOP may add ACA individual mandate repeal to tax plan
Making the change would produce an estimated $338 billion in savings over 10 years that would help legislators meet fiscal targets.
Lower-paid employees less likely to be enrolled in employer health plans
ACA and payroll data show only 65% of employees earning less than $16K annually choose their company’s ‘bronze’ health plan.
Repealing ACA mandate saves $338B for tax overhaul
Rolling back Obamacare’s requirement that all Americans have health insurance would produce a smaller benefit than previously projected for a plan favored by the White House.
Revenue hole may bring GOP back to ACA repeal
House Republicans are edging closer to accepting President Donald Trump’s suggestion to combine their tax legislation with a repeal of the mandate that all individuals purchase health insurance.
Cruz pressing to include Obamacare mandate repeal in tax bill
Senator Ted Cruz of Texas is pushing to keep alive the idea of including a repeal of the ACA’s individual mandate in the tax overhaul plan.
Benefits Think Republicans may add ACA mandate repeal to tax bill
Eliminating the Obamacare component is seen as a way to pay for tax cuts, but its removal could cause instability in the health insurance market.
Nathan Golia
Digital Insurance
For employers, lack of ACA changes in tax proposal signals healthcare stability
However, many organizations still hoping Congress takes on Cadillac tax and other insurance levies.
Trump backs repealing ACA individual mandate in tax bill
– President Donald Trump called Wednesday for repealing the Obamacare individual mandate in a tax overhaul.
GOP senator floats repealing ACA individual mandate in tax bill
Sen. Tom Cotton has what he calls a "modest proposal" for the tax legislation that House Republicans are poised to release on Wednesday.
Trump’s latest proposal seen promoting private health plans, but employers say top priority is market stability
In response to Alexander-Murray compromise, administration reportedly looking to expand HSAs and association insurance programs.
Trump’s latest proposal seen promoting private health plans, but employers say top priority is market stability
In response to Alexander-Murray compromise, administration reportedly looking to expand HSAs and association insurance programs.
Republicans push new deal on ACA payments, ending mandates
Senator Orrin Hatch and Congressman Kevin Brady, top Republican lawmakers, unveiled a new proposal to shore up the Affordable Care Act.
