New Legislation Exempts Certain Plans from the ACA
On Dec. 16, 2014, President Obama signed into law a $1.1 trillion omnibus spending bill that includes important relief from the Affordable Care Act for certain health plans provided to expatriate employees. The spending bill incorporates the Expatriate Health Coverage Clarification Act (the "Act"), which broadly exempts "expatriate health plans," employers that sponsor such plans, and "expatriate health insurance issuers" with respect to coverage under such plans from most otherwise applicable provisions of the ACA.
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