The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) was designed to increase health insurance quality and affordability, lower the uninsured rate by expanding insurance coverage, and reduce the costs of healthcare overall. Along with sweeping change came sweeping criticisms and issues. This book explores the pros and cons of the Affordable Care Act, and explains who benefits from the ACA. Readers will learn how the economy is affected by the ACA, and the impact of the ACA rollout.

Section 1557 is the nondiscrimination provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). This brief guide explains Section 1557 in more detail and what your practice needs to do to meet the requirements of this federal law. Includes sample notices of nondiscrimination, as well as taglines translated for the top 15 languages by state.

The Unemployment Insurance (UI) system is a lasting piece of the Social Security Act which was enacted in 1935. But like most things that are over 80 years old, it occasionally needs maintenance to keep it operating smoothly while keeping up with the changing demands placed upon it. However, the UI system has been ignored by policymakers for decades and, say the authors, it is broken, out of date, and badly in need of repair. Stephen A. Wandner pulls together a group of UI researchers, each with decades of experience, who describe the weaknesses in the current system and propose policy reforms that they say would modernize the system and prepare us for the next recession.

Responding to the COVID-19 crisis, Congress fast-tracked much needed relief for both workers and businesses struggling to survive in a climate of quickly spreading infections, social distancing directives, state and local stay-at-home orders, and mounting business closures and layoffs. On March 18, 2020, President Trump signed into law the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) in an attempt to limit the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and support relief efforts, mainly for employees and small- and medium-size businesses. The FFCRA includes provisions to expand the FMLA to include public emergency paid family and medical leave; emergency unemployment insurance; emergency paid sick leave; health care relief provisions; and tax credits to employers for paid sick and paid family and medical leave. Further relief came on March 27, 2020, when the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) was signed into law. Largely targeted toward stabilizing the economy, the CARES Act contains significant relief for companies and individuals, including rebates for individual taxpayers and the creation of three new unemployment insurance programs, as well as a multitude of tax benefits for companies of all sizes and significant payroll relief. The CARES Act also clarifies the emergency paid family leave and paid sick leave provisions in the FFRCA, among other relief. This Families First Act and CARES Act, Selected Provisions: Law, Explanation and Analysis provides a thorough analysis of important aspects of the FFCRA and the CARES Act, affecting a broad range of individuals, workers, and businesses of all sizes. It provides practitioners with a single integrated law and explanation guide on this historic legislation, which continues the Wolters Kluwer tradition of empowering labor and employment, human resources, employee benefits, and payroll professionals with the information and resources necessary to help them understand and work with new laws as they take effect. Key Features The Families First Act and CARES Act, Selected Provisions: Law, Explanation and Analysis is your complete guide to selected provisions of the FFCRA and the CARES Act that employers and their advisors need to know. It contains numerous features designed to help you locate and understand the changes made by these Acts, including: HIGHLIGHTS: Helpful quick summary highlights of the major provisions of the coronavirus response Acts, arranged in chapter and paragraph order, save time in quickly getting up to speed on each of the changes. At the end of each summary is a paragraph reference to the more detailed Explanation on that topic, giving you an easy way to find the portions of this resource that are of most interest. EXPLANATIONS: Explanations, the core of this resource, give you a complete, accessible understanding of the new law and are arranged by subject for ease of use. They provide guidance on all of the public health emergency leave provisions under Title I of the Family and Medical Leave Act, and the similarly new emergency paid sick leave available to assist workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Additionally, explanations cover unemployment insurance stabilization and access, health and privacy, tax credits and other payroll relief, pension plan changes, economic stabilization for distressed sectors of the U.S. economy, and air carrier workers support. Each Explanation contains special features to aid in your complete understanding of the new law, including: Background or prior law discussion that puts the law changes into perspective Editorial aids, including examples, comments, and compliance tips, that highlight the impact of the new law Captions at the end of each explanation identifying existing law sections added, amended or repealed, as well as the Act sections containing the changes Cross references to the law paragraphs related to the explanation Effective date of each law change SPECIAL TABLES: Helpful tables and finding devices include: Family Medical Leave Act Section to Explanation Table Family Medical Leave Act Sections Added, Amended or Repealed Act Sections Amending Family Medical Leave Act Sections Internal Revenue Code Section to Explanation Table Internal Revenue Code Sections Added, Amended or Repealed Act Sections Amending Internal Revenue Code Sections ERISA Section to Explanation Table ERISA Sections Added, Amended or Repealed Act Sections Amending ERISA Sections Social Security Act Section to Explanation Table Social Security Act Sections Added, Amended or Repealed Act Sections Amending Social Security Act Sections Fair Credit Reporting Act Section to Explanation Table Fair Credit Reporting Act Sections Added, Amended or Repealed Act Sections Amending Fair Credit Reporting Act Sections Understand and respond to all the new rules and requirements this massive legislation brings and order your copy of Families First Act and CARES Act, Selected Provisions: Law, Explanation and Analysis today!

Policymakers and program managers are continually seeking ways to improve accountability in achieving an entity's mission. A key factor in improving accountability in achieving an entity's mission is to implement an effective internal control system. An effective internal control system helps an entity adapt to shifting environments, evolving demands, changing risks, and new priorities. As programs change and entities strive to improve operational processes and implement new technology, management continually evaluates its internal control system so that it is effective and updated when necessary. Section 3512 (c) and (d) of Title 31 of the United States Code (commonly known as the Federal Managers? Financial Integrity Act (FMFIA)) requires the Comptroller General to issue standards for internal control in the federal government.

The Social Security Administration (SSA) administers two programs that provide benefits based on disability: the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program and the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program. This report analyzes health care utilizations as they relate to impairment severity and SSA's definition of disability. Health Care Utilization as a Proxy in Disability Determination identifies types of utilizations that might be good proxies for "listing-level" severity; that is, what represents an impairment, or combination of impairments, that are severe enough to prevent a person from doing any gainful activity, regardless of age, education, or work experience.

"The United States Code is the official codification of the general and permanent laws of the United States of America. The Code was first published in 1926, and a new edition of the code has been published every six years since 1934. The 2012 edition of the Code incorporates laws enacted through the One Hundred Twelfth Congress, Second Session, the last of which was signed by the President on January 15, 2013. It does not include laws of the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, First Session, enacted between January 2, 2013, the date it convened, and January 15, 2013. By statutory authority this edition may be cited "U.S.C. 2012 ed." As adopted in 1926, the Code established prima facie the general and permanent laws of the United States. The underlying statutes reprinted in the Code remained in effect and controlled over the Code in case of any discrepancy. In 1947, Congress began enacting individual titles of the Code into positive law. When a title is enacted into positive law, the underlying statutes are repealed and the title then becomes legal evidence of the law. Currently, 26 of the 51 titles in the Code have been so enacted. These are identified in the table of titles near the beginning of each volume. The Law Revision Counsel of the House of Representatives continues to prepare legislation pursuant to 2 U.S.C. 285b to enact the remainder of the Code, on a title-by-title basis, into positive law. The 2012 edition of the Code was prepared and published under the supervision of Ralph V. Seep, Law Revision Counsel. Grateful acknowledgment is made of the contributions by all who helped in this work, particularly the staffs of the Office of the Law Revision Counsel and the Government Printing Office"--Preface.