President Trump signed into law a nearly $1.4 trillion spending package that avoided a government shutdown and will fund the government through September 30, 2020. The year-end spending package, signed December 20, 2019, contains a number of retirement and health and welfare provisions that will be of interest to employers and other plans sponsors and [&hellip… Continue Reading »
The Internal Revenue Service has issued proposed regulations on the annual fee that health insurance companies must pay under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). To fund certain health care reform initiatives, the ACA requires health insurers to pay an aggregate fee of $8 billion in 2014 and larger amounts in subsequent years. The burden is to [&hellip… Continue Reading »