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Enforcement of Mental Health Parity Regulations Suspended: Takeaways for Plan Sponsors and Health Insurance Issuers

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In January 2025, The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) filed a complaint against the US Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and the Treasury (the departments) seeking to invalidate the 2024 final regulations under...more

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The Shifting Regulatory Landscape for Level-Funded Plans: An Alternative for Group Health Insurance

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In the constantly changing health insurance landscape, level-funded health plans are steadily gaining ground as a viable middle approach between fully insured health plan and self-funded health plans—arguably offering...more

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The No Surprises Act: A Cost Saving Opportunity for Employer Plan Sponsors

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Benefits costs continue to increase globally, and in the midst of high inflation and potentially a recession, executives are exploring cost effective methods to manage their self-insured health plans without compromising the...more

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Navigating the Wild West of the New ACA Preventative Care Ruling

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On March 30, Judge Reed O’Connor of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas issued a decision in Braidwood Management Inc. v. Becerra (“Braidwood”), invalidating the Affordable Care Act’s (“ACA’s”) mandate...more

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Consolidated Appropriations Act Underscores Mental Health Parity Compliance

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The Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA), 2021, enacted late in 2020, imposes a new requirement on group health plans to ensure compliance with the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA). Unlike many of the...more

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The Saga Continues – Fifth Circuit Affirms ACA Individual Mandate’s Unconstitutionality; Remands for Further Consideration

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Roughly a year ago, we reported on a district court judge’s determination that the Affordable Care Act’s (“ACA”) individual mandate was unconstitutional and that, therefore, the entire ACA was invalid. A detailed summary of...more

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Deep Dive: Association Health Plan Considerations following the Court Order Vacating the DOL’s Final Rule

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On March 28, 2019, the Federal District Court for the District of Columbia issued an opinion and order vacating key portions of the Department of Labor’s regulation, published in June 2018, which had expanded the definition...more

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[Podcast]: Texas Judge Declares Affordable Care Act Unconstitutional

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In this episode of the Proskauer Benefits Brief, partner Robert Projansky and associate Katrina McCann discuss the recent district court case, Texas et al. v. The United States of America, which declared the Affordable Care...more

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Is the Affordable Care Act a House of Cards? If Yes, What Does the Recent Texas Court Decision Mean for the US Health Insurance...

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In an unexpectedly broad ruling issued December 14, 2018, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas declared the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) as unconstitutional in its entirety. This decision, if ultimately...more

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ACA Brief: Path to Repeal—Skinny Repeal Falls in Short Order

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This ACA Brief is the sixth in a series of installments that will closely track congressional and administrative actions relating to ACA provisions that impact large employer-sponsored health plans. Early Friday morning,...more

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Better Care Reconciliation Act – Key Takeaways for Employers and Plan Sponsors

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On June 22, 2017, the Senate released its much anticipated health care reform legislation – the Better Care Reconciliation Act (“BCRA”) (linked to amended version released June 26, 2017). In many respects the BCRA is similar...more

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