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Key Drivers of 2026 Health Care Cost Increases
Health care costs have been growing at an alarming rate in recent years, and they’re not slowing down. As such, surveys project that health care costs in the United States are likely to increase by 6.5% to, in many cases, as much as over 10% in 2026. Here’s a...
2025 ACA Reporting
In June 2025, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released draft 2025 forms for Affordable Care Act (ACA) reporting under Internal Revenue Code Sections 6055 and 6056. Thereafter, on Sept. 17, 2025, draft instructions for the C series forms were released, but the IRS...
Pay-or-Play Affordability Percentage Will Increase for 2026
On July 18, 2025, the IRS released Revenue Procedure 2025-25 to index the contribution percentage in 2026 for determining the affordability of an employer’s health plan under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). For plan years beginning in 2026, employer-sponsored...