I recently had the opportunity to correspond with a group of pastors and church leaders about their past hiring decisions. Almost every church represented admitted to making at least one ‘bad hire’ in the past. As we discussed the reasons for these employees not working out long-term, there were a number of reasons that came […]
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Churches Can Once Again Reimburse Employee Health Care Costs
New rules issued by the US Department of Labor, US Department of Health and Human Services, and US Department of the Treasury in 2019 (collectively, the Departments) may fundamentally transform the way many employers assist employees with their health care costs.
This significant development will again allow employers to:
reimburse employees for some or all of the premium expenses they pay for an individual health insurance policy, and
use their funds to directly pay the premiums for individual health insurance policy covering an employee.
Employers commonly used these methods to provide health insurance for employees for over half a century, but they had been made unlawful by the Affordable Care Act (ACA or Obamacare).
Background
The Affordable Care Act contains several reforms of the insurance market (market reforms) that apply to group health plans, including the following:
Annual dollar limit prohibition. A group health plan may not establish any annual limit on the dollar amount of benefits for any individual.
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