Health Care Reform Passes - Consideration of Reconciliation Package in Senate to Begin Soon

Sunday night, March 21, 2010, the House of Representatives approved H.R. 3590, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act by a vote of 219 to 212. Following that vote, the House adopted H.R. 4782, the reconciliation package, which makes a number of changes to H.R. 3590, by a vote of 220 to 211. H.R. 3590 will now go to President Obama for his signature and enactment into law. H.R. 4782 will be sent to the Senate, which expects to begin consideration of the measure possibly today.

March 22, 2010 · Categories: General, HSA, HRA, FSA · Read article »

COBRA Temporary Extension Act of 2010

President Obama has signed the Temporary Extension Act of 2010 (H.R. 4691), approving a stopgap, 31-day extension of federal subsidies of COBRA health care premiums as allowed under The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA).

March 3, 2010 · Categories: COBRA · Read article »