To keep
grandfathered status after switching carriers or policies, an employer must show the new carrier that the new plan will be similar enough to the old plan to qualify for
grandfathered status, officials say.
The Regulations provide that if any of the following changes are made to a group health plan, the plan will lose its
grandfathered status:
Some organizations representing employers have submitted comment letters requesting changes in the interim regulations regarding
grandfathered status.
Two final notes: 1) Employers who made a plan change between March 23 and June 14 can return to their previous plan and remain
grandfathered.
Details on the routine changes insurers and employers can make without losing their
grandfathered status and the projected impact on large and small employer plans are highlighted in the administration's Fact Sheet: Keeping the Health Plan You Have: The Affordable Care Act and "
Grandfathered" Health Plans (www.
Additionally,
grandfathered plans are allowed to add new benefits or beneficiaries, make modest adjustments to existing benefits, voluntarily adopt new consumer protections, or make changes to comply with state or other federal laws.
From
grandfathered plans, the Labor Department is asking for copies of
grandfathered status disclosure documents and documents showing that the plans qualify for
grandfathered status, the compliance specialists say.
Over the years, the Service has issued numerous rulings on changes that will cause a trust to lose its
grandfathered status.
But Mayor Jo Anne Darcy and other city officials argue that instituting
grandfathered rights at this point would be more unfair to businesses that already have conformed to the sign ordinance, as nearly 76 percent of businesses have complied.
The
grandfathered commitment will allow Greyhawk to grow from its $5.
Had it been
grandfathered in, I think we would have done a curfew.
The case was reinstated because the Court of Appeals held that the Complaint sufficiently stated a claim that the EPR retirees receiving the "enhanced
grandfathered benefit" were discriminated against as compared to retirees receiving the ordinary "
grandfathered benefit" under the plan.
