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What are Department of the Treasury and IRS proposing to limit for employers now?

Most large employers are not considering moving their employees to a private exchange in 2014 and not yet thinking about public exchanges, either, with so many variables in play, officials with The National Business Group on Health said Wednesday in Washington.

In response to last week’s legal reminder about the Oct. 1 ACA employee communications, we’re bringing you more information on the requirements.

The ACA may be experiencing delays, but HITECH and other enforcement continues on schedule — with more auditors on the clock.

United Parcel Service Inc.’s decision to drop health benefits for 15,000 of its workers’ spouses may be a sign of the future, as U.S. businesses grapple with rising medical bills and the added burdens of the ACA.

With the recent employer mandate delay, some businesses might be overlooking the requirement to provide a notice to employees about health insurance coverage that may be available through a public exchange. Advisers should remind clients about this important requirement.

Before heading out until September, Congress heard testimony from top CMS and IRS officials. Find out what these testimonies said about the health care reform law, now that the insurance exchanges are less than two months away from opening.

A breakdown of the potential impact seen already from the SHOP exchange delay.

Blogger Sam Fleet knows there will be a lot of questions about the health care exchanges and shares five misconceptions to help shine light on some of this 'misinformation.'

President Barack Obama’s health care law, which survived a test before the U.S. Supreme Court in 2012, is facing new legal challenges that make another high court showdown all but inevitable.

Spurned by the National Football League, the White House is turning to a different crowd to pump up the volume on the ACA’s health insurance exchanges.

Even though education has long been considered key for most employee benefits programs, it’s still not easy to engage employees.

There is no economic evidence the U.S. health care overhaul is slowing employment, Obama administration officials say, pushing back against Republican characterizations the law is killing jobs.

It seems most everyone is confused about the Affordable Care Act — and that apparently includes physicians.

New polling reflects what industry insiders have been discussing for months — that insurance should move in the consumer-driven direction.

Digital Benefit Advisors launches a private exchange in Vermont, with plans to expand to a handful of states within 90 days, a company executive told Employee Benefit Adviser Tuesday.

The share of Americans who work part-time for economic reasons, meaning they can’t find full-time jobs or because their hours have been cut, is 78% higher than in December 2007, when the 18-month recession began.

Despite the ACA’s employer mandate delay, a variety of key provisions still go into effect for employers in January, 2014.

While the decision yesterday by the White House to delay this key provision in ACA was unexpected, what businesses is it really going to effect?

The Obama administration will delay a crucial provision of its signature health care law, giving businesses an extra year to comply with a requirement that they provide their workers with insurance.