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With Donald Trump set to return as president of the United States and the Republican Party holding majorities in both the Senate and the House, questions arise about the future of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and the potential changes to employer compliance obligations.
With the ACA 1094/1095-C filing deadline approaching, employers need to prepare for this critical compliance requirement. These forms provide essential details about the health insurance coverage offered to employees, helping the IRS enforce ACA mandates. For the 2024 tax year, electronic submissions are due by March 31, 2025, while employee 1095-C forms must be mailed by March 3, 2025. This timeline allows employees to review their coverage for personal tax filings.
In order to support a permanent extension of tax credits under the Affordable Care Act, the American Hospital Association has drafted a letter to congressional leaders along with the five other national organizations that include the American Medical Association, AHIP, Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, Federation of American Hospitals and the American Academy of Family Physicians.
While the country is reeling from more than 130,000 COVID-19 deaths and the most significant recession since the Great Depression, several Republican-led states and the Justice Department are making the case for invalidating the Affordable Care Act (ACA), taking health insurance away from 27 million Americans and leaving at least 54 million with preexisting health conditions potentially uninsurable.
Employees have an extended timeframe to, in part, elect COBRA, make COBRA payments, add dependents, and appeal denials of benefits. As the timeframe may extend beyond the current plan year, in some cases with coverage going into effect retroactively for many months, there are concerns about what gaps in insurance coverage there could be. This may particularly be an issue with stop loss insurance.
On September 17, 2020, California Governor Newsom signed Senate Bill 1159 into law. The new state law, which has an immediate effect, applies if an employee in California has a COVID-19-related illness during the period beginning March 19, 2020 and ending December 31, 2022. During this period, the employee’s COVID-19-related illness is presumed to arise out of and in the course of employment and will be covered by the state workers’ compensation system if certain additional requirements are met (unless the presumption is controverted by other evidence).
The stage is all set for a renewed legal battle against Affordable Care Act (ACA). On November 10th, a week after the presidential elections, the Supreme court will hear arguments as to whether the ACA should remain the law or be stricken down. This is as per the Supreme court's argument calendar. However, the final ruling is still not expected...