Sorry, I posted the wrong link before. Prior to the passage of the ACA, there was no need for OPM to clarify that the term health benefits plan under this chapter as used in section 8905(b) and 8906 included plans other than those health benefits plans for which OPM contracted or which OPM approved, pursuant to its authority under 5 U.S.C. 8902<http://api.fdsys.gov/link?collection=uscode&title=5&year=mostrecent§ion=8902&type=usc&link-type=html>, 8903 and 8903a. Because there are now employees covered by chapter 89 who will be purchasing health benefits plans on Exchanges, we believe that it is appropriate to clarify that the provisions that authorize an employer contribution for health benefits plans under this chapter, and authorize the continuation of such coverage into retirement, includes all health benefits plans fitting within the definition set forth in 8901(6). The revisions adopted here have no impact on the availability to Members of Congress and Congressional Staff Members of the contribution established in 5 U.S.C. 8906<http://api.fdsys.gov/link?collection=uscode&title=5&year=mostrecent§ion=8906&type=usc&link-type=html>. Health benefit plans, as defined at 5 U.S.C. 8901<http://api.fdsys.gov/link?collection=uscode&title=5&year=mostrecent§ion=8901&type=usc&link-type=html>(6), will encompass health benefit plans offered through an Exchange.
https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2013/08/08/2013-19222/federal-employees-health-benefits-program-members-of-congress-and-congressional-staff#h-9 . On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 2:00 PM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > > Correction....initially, employers will NOT be able to compensate employees > for health insurance purchased through an exchange in the beginning of > 2014. > > Cannot locate anything that says the government will be compensating > employees anyway, though. I would agree that would be an exemption, but it > does not seem that is the case. > > > On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 1:51 PM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I found the full item: > > > > "if the employee purchases a qualified health plan through the Exchange, > > the employee will lose the employer contribution (if any) to any health > > benefits plan offered by the employer and that all or a portion of such > > contribution may be excludable from income for Federal income tax > purposes." > > > > All that says is that if employees buy insurance from an Exchange they > > will lose reimbursement from employer plans. In other words, the employee > > will not get reimbursed for a plan of which they no longer are part. > > > > There are provisions where employers can compensate employees for plans > > purchased through the exchanges, which is what the government is doing > for > > Congress & staffers. > > > > So, again, not an exemption. > > > > > > On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 1:43 PM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> The text 'The employee will lose the employer contribution' does not > >> exist in the page you linked to - > >> > http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/USCODE-2012-title5/html/USCODE-2012-title5-partIII-subpartG-chap89-sec8906.htm > >> > >> I would love to know what comes after the ellipsis in your quote. > >> > >> > >> On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 1:03 PM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >>> > >>> Did you read section 1512 (3) of the ACA? > >>> "The employee will lose the employer contribution..." > >>> > >>> . > >>> > >>> > >>> On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 12:23 PM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>> > >>> > > >>> > Congressional staffers need to buy their healthcare from the ACA > >>> exchanges. > >>> > The government is exercising a provision that allows them to > compensate > >>> > staffers for the some of the cost of the insurance - something every > >>> other > >>> > company can choose to do as well. > >>> > > >>> > That is not an 'exemption'. > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > >>> > >>> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:367375 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
