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COBRA Requirements Under The Stimulus Legislation
President Obama signed the $787 billion stimulus package, formally known as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (the Act), on Feb. 17, 2009. Included within the Act are provisions related to the federal rules governing continuation of group health plan coverage under the Consolidated...
Read MoreDOL Issues Proposed Regulations Regarding Disclosures To Participants Of 401(k) Plans
On July 23, 2008, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued proposed regulations that, if adopted, will require fiduciaries of Section 401(k) plans and other participant-directed defined contribution plans to make new disclosures to participants regarding plan-related fees, investment-related fees...
Read MoreIRS Issues Guidance To Encourage Establishment Of Health Savings Accounts
The Internal Revenue Service has issued a series of guidance this year regarding health savings accounts ("HSAs"), which were created as of January 1, 2004 by the new Medicare prescription drug law that was enacted last December. The IRS issued the guidance to make it easy to operate HSAs in...
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