Monthly Archives: June 2010

Administration Pushes Immediate Health Care Changes

The Obama Administration today announced its next set of regulations to provide further detail for the new health care law as well as highlight some of the benefits already in place.  Today, the president and administration officials are meeting with … Continue reading

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Obama Administration to Publish Grandfathered Health Plan Regs

UPDATE: The Obama Administration has announced a press conference to discuss the regulations at 2 PM today.  Here is an administration fact sheet. The Obama administration is expected today to publish its draft regulations for the treatment of “grandfathered” employer-sponsored … Continue reading

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Schumer Adds Charity Provisions to Extenders Bill

Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) intends to add another provision to the tax extenders legislation that could further impact charities. The American Jobs, Closing Tax Loopholes, and Preventing Outsourcing Act of 2010 (H.R.4213) already includes an extension of the IRA Charitable … Continue reading

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Charitable Donations See Slight Drop in 2009

Despite more downcast estimates, the Giving USA Foundation and its research partner, the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University, released a report showing American charitable contributions have declined only about 4% in 2009. The total contributions, given by U.S. individuals, … Continue reading

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Associations Ask for Extension of Low-Cost Plans

The DC publication Politico is highlighting an area of implementation for the recently passed health care reform that could impact some associations’ members for the worse, and shows the continued need for association advocacy during the implementation of the Patients … Continue reading

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