Regulation and compliance
Regulation and compliance
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Senate Republican leaders and President Donald Trump appear determined to begin a floor debate Tuesday on repealing the Affordable Care Act.
July 25 -
Despite uncertainty over reform efforts in Washington, employers need to prepare for next year now.
July 24 -
Senate Republican leaders must decide which healthcare proposal they’ll ask members to vote on this week, in what has become a series of all-out efforts to get their own members on board.
July 24 -
The Senate parliamentarian issued a preliminary finding that key parts of Republicans’ health-care proposal don’t qualify for a fast-track procedure being used by the GOP.
July 23 -
Next week could be a key test over whether Republicans have any chance at delivering on their seven years of promises of repealing and replacing the ACA.
July 21 -
The latest plan by Senate Republicans to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act would increase the number of uninsured Americans by 22 million in a decade.
July 20 -
A bill repealing rule moves on to House floor, while appropriators seek to block funding for the measure.
July 20 -
ERISA reporting must be filed by July 31 or an extension must be filed on the same date by employers to avoid penalties.
July 20 -
A Republican fallback plan to repeal all of the ACA without a replacement health program would lead to 32 million more people uninsured than under current law.
July 19 -
Employers must take great care to avoid a situation where it is deemed a worker was fired because of the claim.
July 19 -
Workers do not believe that the possible dismantling of Obamacare would have a major impact on them them and their families.
July 18 -
Even with the Republicans’ failed effort, there may be additional opportunities for relief from ACA requirements in the coming months.
July 18 -
McConnell’s day-old proposal to simply repeal the ACA appears to already be dead as three Republican senators, such as Maine's Susan Collins, say they'll oppose the measure.
July 18 -
The Senate GOP leader was left facing an increasingly narrow path, with no apparent way to win over conservative and moderate holdouts seeking to pull the bill in opposite directions.
July 18 -
Senate bill would remove noncompliance penalty, but observers caution industry to withhold any celebration of a change in the definition of a full-time employee.
July 17 -
Senate Republicans anxiously awaiting a key analysis of their revised health bill have more time to wait, and debate on the controversial measure that had been expected this week.
July 17 -
As companies struggle to stay ahead of changing regulations, they might consider outsourcing absence management to a qualified vendor to offset some of the burden.
July 17 -
The Congressional Budget Office won’t release a score on the revised GOP healthcare bill, as consideration of the controversial measure is delayed by a medical scare for one of its potential backers.
July 17 -
The latest legislation retains a number of pro-business aspects from the earlier draft, including a delay of the Cadillac tax, removal of employer mandate penalties and expanding and enhancing HSAs.
July 16 -
Senate bill would remove noncompliance penalty, but observers caution industry to withhold any celebration of a change in the definition of a full-time employee.
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