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
Is that Condominium Special Assessment Limited or Common?
The Missouri Court of Appeals recently considered a case, Laurence Epstein, et al. v. Villa Dorado Condominium Association, Inc., involving a group of condominium unit owners (the “Unit Owners”) who sued their condominium association (the “Association”) when the...
Silver Spoon Ridiculousness
Reasonableness, or even sanity, may be in short supply. Those of us who have been, know that being a parent can be challenging at times. And before being a parent, we were amazed at how our parents were, at times, so unreasonable. As Mark Twain said, he was...
Doe ex rel. Subia v. Kansas City, Missouri Sch. Dist.: Missouri Expands the Scope of Sexual Harassment Claims under the MHRA
Until a recent decision by the Missouri Court of Appeals, no Missouri case had addressed whether the Missouri Human Rights Act (“MHRA”) covers a claim against a public school district for sex discrimination based upon student-on-student sexual harassment. The...
Handicap the Horses: Place a Sure Bet With a Qualified Spousal Trust
Assume that you are married to a self-proclaimed horse handicapper. Your spouse has acquired this talent unbeknownst to you and has spent considerable time perfecting his or her skill. The financing of this endeavor has proven extremely burdensome, and the luck ran...
