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No Penalty for Failure to Provide Exchange Notice
Many employers are reconsidering whether they will send the Exchange Notice because there are no penalties in connection with a failure or refusal to provide ...
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The Perils of Out-of-Pocket Health Costs
By SARAH E. NEEDLEMAN And ANGUS LOTEN CONNECT Small businesses offering health insurance tend to require their employees to cover significantly more out-of-pocket than do big companies—and new limits ...
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Early renewals help businesses delay PPACA effects
BY JOYCE M. ROSENBERG SEPTEMBER 20, 2013 NEW YORK (AP) — Many small businesses hope to temporarily sidestep Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) by ...
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Exchanges eye the unbanked
Managers of Covered California may require individual exchange plan issuers to accept cash payments through neighborhood utility offices or other brick-and-mortar offices. The managers discuss ...
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Bill aims to change meaning of full-time under PPACA
Gina Binole benefitspro Two U.S. senators have introduced a bill to redefine what it means to be a full-time employee under the Patient Protection and ...
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6 ways to prep for FMLA cases
[column width="1/1" last="true" title="" title_type="single" divider="false" implicit="true"] By Dan Cook BenefitsPro Research indicates that employees who invoke the Family Medical Leave Act are much more ...
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What the employer mandate delay means to you
July 3, 2013 On July 2, 2013, the Department of Treasury announced that the employer mandate and its associated penalties have been delayed until 2015 ...
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