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...

CHIPRA – another day, another employer notice!

On February 4, 2009, President Obama signed the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA, Pub. L. 111-3). CHIPRA includes a requirement that the Departments of Labor and Health and Human Services develop a model notice for...

Federal COBRA Subsidy has been Extended and Expanded

Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), the federal government pays 65 percent of COBRA premiums for up to 9 months for Assistance Eligible Individuals who were involuntarily terminated between September 1, 2008, and December 31, 2009. An...