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Stay tuned to this section for important implementation documents for Employers. Ropes & Gray will track the many upcoming regulatory issuances and other implementation materials and deadlines as health reform is rolled out, and will place them here along with relevant analysis.

ROPES & GRAY ANALYSIS

• Health Reform Law Implementation Begins
  (April 15, 2010)
  
  
• Health Care Reform's Impact on Employers and Group Health Plans
  (April 2, 2010)
  
  
• Health Care Legislation Yields Significant Tax Consequences
  (March 26, 2010)
  
  
• COBRA Subsidy Extended Again
  (March 8, 2010 )
  
  
• COBRA Subsidy Extended
  (December 22, 2009)
  
  
• Current Stakeholder Perspectives on Health Reform
  (December 2009)
  
  
• Tax Changes Looming for Employers and Individuals through Health Care Reform
  (September 2009)
  
  
• Temporary COBRA Premium Assistance Included in Economic Stimulus Bill
  (February 17, 2009)

• New - HHS: Early Retiree Reinsurance Program Application
  (June 30, 2010)
  
  
• New - HHS: Early Retiree Reinsurance Program Application Instructions
  (June 30, 2010)
  
  
• New - HHS FAQs: Early Retiree Reinsurance Program
  (June 30, 2010)
  
  
• New - HHS Fact Sheet: New Patient's Bill of Rights
  (June 22, 2010)
  
  
• New - HHS, DOL, and IRS Interim Final Rule: Preexisting Condition Exclusions, Lifetime and Annual Limits, Rescissions, and Patient Protections
  (June 22, 2010)
  
  
• New - HHS Q&A: Grandfathered Health Plans
  (June 14, 2010)
  
  
• New - HHS Fact Sheet: Grandfathered Health Plans
  (June 14, 2010)
  
  
• New - IRS: Affordable Care Act Tax Provisions
  
  
• IRS: Interim Final Rule on Grandfathered Health Plans
  (June 11, 2010)
  
  
• IRS Guidance: Tax Credit for Employee Health Insurance Expenses of Small Employers
  (May 20, 2010)
  
  
• IRS, DOL, HHS: Interim Final Rules for Insurance Coverage for Dependents to Age 26
  (May 10, 2010)
  
  
• White House Fact Sheet: Young Adults and the Affordable Care Act
  (May 10, 2010)
  
  
• IRS FAQ: Small Business Health Care Tax Credit
  (May 5, 2010)
  
  
• HHS Interim Final Rule: Early Retiree Reinsurance Program
  (April 29, 2010)
  
  
• IRS: Guidance on Tax Treatment for Children up to Age 27 under the Affordable Care Act
  (April 27, 2010)
  
  
• White House Fact Sheet: Early Benefits from the Affordable Care Act of 2010 Reinsurance Program for Early Retirees
  (April 12, 2010)
  
  
• IRS Guidance: Small Employer Tax Credit
  (April 1, 2010)

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