Congress has acted twice to delay the 40 percent excise tax on high-value employer-provided healthcare coverage, known as the “Cadillac tax,” yet the latest effective date of 2022 looms. The Cadillac tax was signed into law as part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and was originally scheduled to take effect in 2018, but was... View Article
On January 22, after a three-day shutdown of the federal government, Congress passed and President Trump signed into law a short-term continuing resolution (CR) to fund the government until February 8. Included in the CR was a two-year delay to the Affordable Care Act (ACA)’s 40 percent excise tax on high-value healthcare plans, known as... View Article
Members OnlyThe Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, commonly known as PPACA or ACA, is the most profound and far-reaching federal mandate impacting health benefits for all Americans to date. The ACA increases access to health insurance coverage, expands federal private health insurance market requirements and requires the creation of health insurance exchanges to provide individuals... View Article