Opt-Out Payments and Health Coverage Affordability Issues
MARY POWELL and ERIC SCHILLINGER, August 2015 — Beginning this year in 2015, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s Employer Shared Responsibility Provisions under Internal Revenue Code...
View ArticleIRS Issues New Draft Forms and Instructions for ACA-Required Reporting in 2016
MARY POWELL and ERIC SCHILLINGER, August 2015 — On August 7, 2015, the IRS issued new draft forms and instructions to be used by certain health-coverage providers and employers who are required by the...
View ArticleIRS Issues Guidance Addressing the Impact of the Supreme Court’s Obergefell...
ROBERT R. GOWER and ERIC J. SCHILLINGER, January 2016 — On December 9, 2015, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) issued Notice 2015-86, providing guidance on the application of the June 26, 2015...
View ArticleRepeal and Replace — What Health Reform Law Changes Might Be in Store for...
ERIC J. SCHILLINGER, November 2016 President-elect Donald Trump and the Republican Party, which retained its House and Senate majorities during the November 8th election, have made no secret of their...
View ArticleExamining the House ACA-Repeal Bill’s Potential Impact on Employers and Other...
ERIC SCHILLINGER, March 2017 On Monday, March 6, the House Ways and Means Committee and Energy and Commerce Committee each released formal proposals partially repealing and replacing the Patient...
View ArticleACA Update: Major Changes for Employers Still Possible This Year — An...
ERIC SCHILLINGER, March 2017 On Friday, March 24th, Speaker Paul Ryan cancelled a House of Representatives vote scheduled for that day on the American Health Care Act (AHCA), a bill that proposed to...
View ArticleACA Replacement Clears Its First Hurdle: An Analysis of What’s Next (Trucker...
ERIC SCHILLINGER, May 2017 On Thursday, May 4, the House of Representatives narrowly passed the American Health Care Act (AHCA), a budget reconciliation bill that would repeal and replace many...
View ArticlePotential Impact of Senate Health Care Bill: A Closer Look
ERIC SCHILLINGER, June 2017 Originally published by Law360.com on June 28, 2017. On June 22, 2017, Senate Republicans unveiled a “discussion draft” of the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017...
View ArticleBreaking Down The Graham-Cassidy ACA-Replacement Proposal
ERIC SCHILLINGER, August 2017 Originally published by Law360.com on August 4, 2017. In the early hours of Friday, July 28, Republican-led efforts to repeal and replace the Patient Protection and...
View ArticleThe Revolution of Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance
ERIC SCHILLINGER, October 2017 As published by Law360.com on October 19, 2017. On Oct. 12 President Donald Trump issued an executive order regarding the federal laws governing health care and...
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