Effective in January 2020, the California individual health care mandate requires all state residents to obtain minimum essential health coverage or face a penalty unless they obtain an exemption. In addition to maintaining their own health coverage, individuals must ensure their spouse or domestic partner...
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused many people to stay away from visiting a doctor’s office, which means many children have fallen behind on routine vaccinations. If your child is not up-to-date on receiving their recommended immunizations, they and our entire community could be at risk....
On January 28, 2021, President Biden issued an executive order directing the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to expand access to Affordable Care Act (ACA) coverage to assist with the COVID-19 public health emergency. In response, HHS announced a new special enrollment period...
The Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Labor and Department of the Treasury has issued a final rule on price transparency that will require most private health plans, including group health plans and individual health insurance market plans, to disclose pricing and cost-sharing...
Last March, Congress passed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFFCRA) requiring employers with fewer than 500 employees to provide up to two weeks of paid sick leave and up to 12 weeks of expanded family and medical leave to help workers cope with the...