Applicable large employers face a familiar but unforgiving task each winter: reporting their group health coverage details to the IRS. With key Affordable Care Act filing deadlines falling in early 2026, employers with 50 or more full-time equivalent employees should already be reviewing records, reconciling data, and preparing required forms to avoid penalties. ACA reporting is largely about accuracy and timing, and problems often stem from waiting too long to pull informati

The expiration of enhanced premium subsidies that have helped millions of Americans afford individual health insurance through the Affordable Care Act exchanges at the end of 2025 will be felt by employers offering group health plans. As exchange coverage becomes less affordable for many households, more workers may look to employer-sponsored plans for stability, while employers that fund Individual Coverage Health Reimbursement Arrangements (ICHRA) to help employees buy cove

The federal government shut down at 12:01 AM Wednesday, October 1st, after lawmakers failed to reach a deal to pass a short-term funding bill, which would have financed government operations for fiscal year 2026. It is the first government shutdown since January 2019. According to the  Washington Post,  the disagreement is over enhanced ACA subsidies, which were originally implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic. The enhanced subsidies led to record-high enrollment in ACA p

People who buy health insurance through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace could see a significant jump in their premiums next...