IRS Publishes 2026 Benefits Parameters For Cafeteria Plans, Health Reimbursement Plans

Fortunetellers already know how U.S. benefits professionals will spend some of their time from now through mid-2027: They will keep searching the internet for the minimum numbers, maximum numbers and other numbers that shape how the tax breaks for health benefits and other benefits work in 2026. The Internal Revenue Service publishes several batches of ...

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‘Trumprx.Gov’ Could Cripple Pharmacies, Disrupt Employer Plan Management

The federal government could cut the full retail price of some prescription drugs if it sets up a web-based drug outlet mall, but “TrumpRx.gov” could also create new problems for employers. Dae Lee and Natalie Oehlers, pharmacy benefits law experts at Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, write about the possible dark side of TrumpRx in a new ...

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ACA Subsidies Expiration Will Cause 114% Average Premium Increase In 2026

Premium payments will more than double in 2026 if enhanced premium tax credits are allowed to expire at the end of this year as scheduled, a KFF analysis found.

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Trump Says He’s Open To Health Care Deal But Government Must Reopen First

President Donald Trump cracked the door slightly to negotiations with Democrats on the health care subsidies they’ve made central to the shutdown fight, then abruptly closed it Monday, leaving the two sides once again at a seemingly intractable impasse. Democrats are conditioning their support for a short-term funding patch on extending the health subsidies that lessen the cost of ...

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California Makes ACA Preventive Services Mandates State Law

California is putting the current Affordable Care Act preventive services coverage requirements into state law. ACA supporters in the state are hoping the move will protect the preventive services benefits mandates.

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What Will ‘TrumpRx’ Actually Mean For Patients? Who Will Benefit Most From Slashed Drug Costs — And What Those Savings...

Could “TrumpRx” be the prescription for lower drug prices? President Donald Trump announced a landmark deal with Pfizer to cut drug prices and sell medications on TrumpRx, a direct-to-consumer federal website that’s slated to launch next year. Prescription drug prices in the US are roughly 2.78 times higher on average than in 33 other high-income countries, a ...

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