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Election year impact: What’s next for employee benefits?

WEX Inc.

How past elections shaped policy From the creation of health savings accounts (HSAs) under the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) under President Obama, election cycles have repeatedly sparked discussions about healthcare reform. Current election cycle: What’s on the table?

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Using HSAs with Social Security and Medicare

PeopleKeep

Health savings accounts (HSAs) have been around since 2003, but many people remain unfamiliar with them. An HSA allows an individual to use untaxed savings to pay their own individual health insurance costs as well as out-of-pocket expenses for group health plans.

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The ACA 1557 Final Regulations: Plans and Plan Sponsors as Covered Entities

McDermott Will & Emery Employee Benefits

In a recent On the Subject (available here), we reported on the impact of the final rule (final rule) interpreting Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on self-funded group health plans that contract with licensed health insurance issuers to provide administrative services.

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5 Signs Your Company Is Paying Too Much for Health Care

Insperity

Group health insurance costs are skyrocketing all across the country. The average annual medical insurance premium for single coverage is $4,824, and $13,375 for family coverage, according to the Kaiser Foundation’s (KFF) 2009 Annual Survey of Employer Health Benefits. A flood of administrative fees. Flying solo.

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Florida Court Construes Two-Year Limitations Period in § 440.19

The Workcomp Writer

Background While working at Winn-Dixie in 2003, Ortiz tripped and fell, causing the box she was carrying to hit her right side. Once the employee files a PFB, like Ortiz presumably did in 2003, that two-year timer was stopped with respect to the claim.

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Best Companies to Work for in Dubai

Bayzat

Etihad Airways Etihad Airways was founded in 2003 and is one of two major airlines of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), with its headquarters in Khalifa City, Abu Dhabi. Working as an employee with Mashreq Bank presents an impressive salary paired with additional benefits, including health insurance and a 401K retirement account.

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Ortiz is Decided Again

Florida Workers' Comp

The December 2024 decision again addresses a workplace injury in 2003 that resulted in trauma to the workers' kidney. In August 2019, after an office visit for urinary concerns, Dr. Young decided to "sen(d) the bill this time to Ortiz's personal health insurance." The result was "nephrectomy," or removal of a kidney.

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