On Nov. 2, 2015, President Obama signed the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 into law, which included a provision repealing the ACA requirement that large companies automatically enroll their employees in group health plans.
Under the ACA, certain large employers that offer health coverage would have been required to automatically enroll new employees (and re-enroll current employees) in one of the employer’s health plans, subject to any permissible waiting period.
The ACA further required that adequate notice be given to employees as well as the opportunity for an employee to opt out of any coverage in which he or she was automatically enrolled. Read More
