Category Archives: Hot Topics

Health Care Reform – Overview & Qualification for Tax Credit

04/08/2010

Lang Financial Group has gathered information on how health care reform will be implemented. We have provided links for the tax credit of health insurance premiums, frequently asked questions and a new web page launched by the IRS for employee benefits.

Health Care Reform – Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

04/02/2010

Here is a Health Care Reform Timeline.

Rising Health Care Costs

01/15/2009

Why do we have such rising health care costs? When the cost of medical care goes up, so does the cost of health insurance. Here are some of the major drivers of higher health care costs.

The Life Insurance Evaluator

06/29/2008

Learn how The Life Insurance Evaluator can work for you to develop recommendations to either maintain current policies or move to a more optimal solution.

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The Affordable Care Act – Two Years Later 05/11/2012

March 23, marked the two-year anniversary of the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). While the Supreme Court will hear arguments on challenges to the health care law, a number of ACA’s provisions are already making an impact on …

Summary of Benefits & Coverage and Uniform Glossary 03/05/2012

Summary of Benefits and Coverage Under the law, insurance companies and group health plans will provide consumers with a concise document detailing, in plain language, simple and consistent information about health plan benefits and coverage. This Summary of Benefits and …

Form W-2 Reporting Applicable to You? 02/14/2012

Under the Affordable Care Act, employers must report the aggregate cost of applicable employer-sponsored coverage on an employee’s Form W-2. This reporting mandate is first required for the 2012 tax year, such that the aggregate cost of this coverage must …

Notice of Civil Union Rights 06/24/2011

Effective June 1, 2011, the Religious Freedom Protection and Civil Union Act (the “Civil Union Law”) provides that both same-sex and different sex couples who enter into a civil union will have all of the obligations, protections and legal rights …

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