The Affordable Care Act requires employers of a qualifying size (50 employees or larger) to provide healthcare coverage to full-time employees, or they will be subject to penalties. But reimbursing individual employees for purchasing their own coverage through an online marketplace doesn’t fulfill this requirement — yet. New regulations that go into effect in January 2020 will change that for employers that meet certain conditions, says Steven Smith, an attorney at Hinkle Law Firm, in this podcast.…
