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Funding Employer-Sponsored Group Health Coverage: The Group Captive Solution

McDermott Will & Emery Employee Benefits

The enactment of the Affordable Care Act in 2010 led to a sharp increase in employers self-funding their group health insurance plans, with the market tripling in size in the decade that followed.

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Deborah Warren: Supporting employees’ mental health in the workplace

Employee Benefits

Employers have not only recognised the importance of employee wellbeing and mental health, but have begun to put it at the top of their people priorities list. This extends to mental health and taking reasonable steps to prevent and manage work-related stress. Preventative measures are absolutely key.

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How can employers support employees with dementia?

Employee Benefits

Openly discussing dementia will enable employees to feel more able to disclose diagnoses or issues without fear of repercussions. The Equality Act 2010 and the Disability Discrimination Act 2005 offer protection for employees with disabilities in the workplace and ensure that employers cannot treat them less favourably because of this.

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Paula Kathrens: How can employers support staff with the menopause?

Employee Benefits

The government’s announcement in January this year that menopause would not become a new protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010 was very disappointing for those who had campaigned for change. Extensive health and safety legislation, including the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, is also relevant.

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Obamacare Would Be Even Harder to Kill Now, but Trump Promises to Try Anyway

McDermott Will & Emery Employee Benefits

In this CNN article, McDermott+Consulting’s Rodney Whitlock says the country is “as close as we’ve been to meeting the aspirational goals of 2010 for the ACA.” ” Access […] The post Obamacare Would Be Even Harder to Kill Now, but Trump Promises to Try Anyway appeared first on EMPLOYEE BENEFITS BLOG.

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Proposed Rules Expand Access to Contraceptive Care as a Preventive Service

Snell & Wilmer Benefits

On January 30, 2023, the Departments of Health and Human Services, Treasury, and Labor (collectively “the Departments”) issued proposed rules entitled “ Coverage of Certain Preventive Services under the Affordable Care Act ” (the “Proposed Rules”). Jackson Women’s Health Organization.

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Proposed Rules Expand Access to Contraceptive Care as a Preventive Service

Snell & Wilmer Benefits

On January 30, 2023, the Departments of Health and Human Services, Treasury, and Labor (collectively “the Departments”) issued proposed rules entitled “ Coverage of Certain Preventive Services under the Affordable Care Act ” (the “Proposed Rules”). Jackson Women’s Health Organization.