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Health & Welfare Plans Newsletter
August 23, 2021
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► 16 New Job Opportunities
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[Guidance Overview]
Can You Offer COVID-19 Vaccine Incentives to Your Employees?
"If you want to offer the vaccine yourself or through a contracted third party, ... the incentives cannot be so substantial to employees that they are coercive.... These issues don't apply if you only require proof that your employees were vaccinated elsewhere in order to get the incentives ... If you choose to offer an incentive, you should consider offering employees with obstacles or objections to getting the vaccine the opportunity to earn the incentive in other ways that are related to your organization." MORE >>
ERISAPros
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[Guidance Overview]
Important Reminder: Special COBRA Notice Deadline Is Approaching Fast
"While the Notice has been an ongoing requirement throughout the premium assistance period, ... employers and administrators ... must provide the Notice to all AEIs who are still receiving COBRA with premium assistance as of September 30, 2021.... [M]ost Notices will need to be delivered between Monday, August 16, 2021, and Wednesday, September 15, 2021, to satisfy the 15-to-45 day Notice window." MORE >>
Spencer Fane
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[Guidance Overview]
Nearing the Finish Line, Upcoming Notice Deadline for COBRA Subsidies
"The subsidy termination notices must include the following information: A statement that the COBRA subsidy will end soon and 'prominent identification' of the date that it will end; and A statement that the individual may be eligible for coverage without a COBRA subsidy through COBRA or another group health plan." MORE >>
Miller Johnson
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[Guidance Overview]
Seattle Posts 2022 Health Expenditure Rate for Hotel Employers
"Seattle has announced 2022 calendar-year healthcare expenditure rates that certain hotel industry employers must make to or on behalf of each covered employee for medical care.... The healthcare expenditure amounts are adjusted each calendar year and vary by coverage tier or family size." MORE >>
Mercer
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Why Hospitals and Health Insurers Don't Want You to See What Hospitals Charge
"[D]ata from the hospitals that have complied ... shows hospitals are charging patients wildly different amounts for the same basic services ... And it provides numerous examples of major health insurers ... negotiating surprisingly unfavorable rates for their customers. In many cases, insured patients are getting prices that are higher than they would if they pretended to have no coverage at all." MORE >>
The New York Times; subscription may be required
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Benefits in General |
Judge Rules California's Gig Worker Law Is Unconstitutional
"Friday's ruling stems from a lawsuit filed by three drivers and labor union Service Employees International Union who argued the law was unconstitutional because it limited the state Legislature's ability to make gig workers eligible for the state's workers' compensation program." [Castellanos v. State of California, No. RG21088725 (Cal. Sup. Ct. Alameda Cty. Aug. 20, 2021)] MORE >>
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