10.11.202410th Birthday Wishes to the Affordable Care Act’s Employer MandateThe Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) was signed into law by President Obama on March 23, 2010. ACA affected health insurance coverage, costs and preventive care. It also established the Health Insurance Marketplace allowing individuals with certain income thresholds to obtain affordable health care regardless of employment status. The Biden Administration reported that 21.3 million people selected ACA Health Insurance Marketplace coverage in the 2024 open enrollment period.
10.02.2024New Complaint Questions the Constitutionality of the Occupational Safety and Health Review CommissionKenric Steel, LLC, a New Jersey based steel fabrication company, filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court of New Jersey alleging that the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC), an independent federal commission, should not decide whether Kenric Steel, LLC has to pay $348,000 in penalties for alleged violations of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH Act). The penalty assessed includes citations for willful violations.
07.28.2020ACA Attacked By Left and Right; New Jersey’s ResponseAfter the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, in a 2-1 decision last December, declared the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA’s) individual health insurance mandate unconstitutional as a result of Congress’ elimination of the mandate’s financial penalty in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (“TCJA”) and sent the case back to the district court to decide the issue in Texas v. United States, numerous state attorneys general asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review the Fifth Circuit’s decision.
01.21.2020Uncertain Fate of Affordable Care Act and 2017 Rules Creating New Exemptions to ACA’s Contraception Coverage Requirements; New Jersey’s ResponseOn December 18, 2019 the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, in a 2-1 decision which the court revised on January 9, declared the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA’s) individual health insurance mandate unconstitutional as a result of Congress’ elimination of the mandate’s financial penalty in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (“TCJA”), but declined to invalidate ACA in its entirety and sent the case back to the district court to decide the issue.
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