Reporting Requirements of PPACA

One of the major goals of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) is to insure millions of new Americans. To accomplish this goal, the government is expanding Medicaid to 133% of the federal poverty level, providing premium subsidies and tax credits to...

A Visual Health Care Reform Timeline

For those of you who love flow charts, have I got one for you. This is a really good timeline of health care reform and what is going to happen when.

Health Care Reform Timeline

As you may be aware, I’m staying on top of all of the Health Care Reform information as it is released. Here is a timeline of events, starting with 2010. Now, exact dates have not been given for things such as the dependent to age 26 coverage rules, but most of...

Health Reform – What’s Next?

Last night the House of Representatives voted and approved the health care reform legislation presented by the Senate. They also voted and passed a series of proposed changes to the Senate bill. Now the bill goes back to the Senate for approval of those changes. Once...

COBRA Subsidy Extension to March 31, 2010

The Temporary Extension Act of 2010 (the Act) was signed into law by President Obama on Tuesday, March 2, 2010. The Act extends the COBRA subsidy eligibility period originally introduced under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), as amended by...