Affordable Care Act

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as the Affordable Care Act (ACA), or colloquially as “Obamacare,” was signed into law in March of 2010 with the goal of increasing the quality and affordability of health insurance for millions of Americans.

While the Act’s employer shared responsibility payments will not apply until 2015, and in some cases, not until 2016, there are provisions and safe harbors to consider and decisions that can be made now that may help businesses, employees and a business’s bottom line. Further, there are many unintended consequences arising out of the ACA that business owners, both large and small, need to consider when administering health care arrangements.

We are carefully following the developments associated with the roll-out of ACA and are providing counsel to business owners and other professionals, helping them to address compliance issues, evaluate exposure to penalties and other tax issues as well as planning strategically for the future.

Affordable Care Act Articles

Resources for Navigating the Impact of the Coronavirus

Resources for Navigating the Impact of the Coronavirus

These are trying times for employees and employers alike in just about every industry imaginable. Disrupted work, adjusting to work from home (for the lucky ones!), uncertainty about how long stay-at-home and social distancing orders will last, outright business...

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Time Off for Voting In Missouri? Maybe, Maybe Not

Time Off for Voting In Missouri? Maybe, Maybe Not

All elections are important; it's just that some elections seem more important than others. Presidential election cycles always fall into that latter category, and thus this upcoming primary election, and then the general election in November, are of perceived, if not...

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To Stem or Not to Stem? That Is the Question.

To Stem or Not to Stem? That Is the Question.

This owner of Amighetti’s on the Hill wasn't going to let anyone tell him to cut the stems off his pepperoncini. That and other disagreements with the Amighetti brand led Dominic Consolino to shutter the famed sandwich shop's location in St. Louis' renowned Italian...

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