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Zombie Benefits – Are Health Reimbursement Arrangements (“HRAs”) Back From the Dead?

The Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) has not been kind to health reimbursement arrangements (“HRAs”).  Many employers got rid of HRAs, or integrated them with a major medical plan, in order to avoid significant penalties under the ACA.  At one point it appeared that after-tax HRAs did not have to comply with the ACA.  However, as […]

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You Received a Health Insurance Marketplace Notice from HHS – Now What?

Take a deep breath.  The HHS Health Insurance Marketplace Notice (the “Notice”) may seem to be a nuisance, but it does not necessarily mean that you will be subject to employer shared responsibility penalties. First, the IRS, not HHS, assesses employer shared responsibility penalties, and the IRS does so only after it provides employers with: […]