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- Can members of our company's board of directors participate in our cafeteria plan?
- From the October 29, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- QUESTION: I’ve been asked whether members of our company’s board of directors can participate in our cafeteria plan. Can we allow this? ANSWER: Generally, no, although there is a special rule for certain “dual status&#...
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- In what order should reimbursements be paid when an employer offers both an HRA and a health FSA?
- From the September 24, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- QUESTION: Our company will set up an HRA and a health FSA on January 1 that will cover the same employees and pay the same types of medical care expenses. In what order should reimbursements be paid from these two ...
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- Are our benefit plans affected by state laws recognizing same-sex marriage?
- From the September 17, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- QUESTION: I’ve been reading about all the states that have recently recognized same-sex marriage or given spousal equivalent status to registered domestic partners. Our company has locations in some of those states. We already provide health benefits ...
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- Where can our health FSA participants use debit cards to pay for medical care expenses?
- From the August 20, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- QUESTION: Our company is thinking about implementing a debit card program for participants in our health FSA. I understand that IRS guidance restricts use of these cards to certain merchants. Where can our health FSA participants use debit cards to ...
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- Does an increase in the cost of group health coverage trigger special enrollment rights?
- From the August 06, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- QUESTION: One of our employees has employee-only coverage under our calendar-year major medical plan and her spouse is enrolled under his employer’s plan which, until recently, paid 90% of the cost of employee-only coverage. The ...
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- Can our company's DCAP reimburse overnight camp expenses?
- From the July 30, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- QUESTION: Several of our company’s employees send their children to overnight camps during the summer. Can our company’s DCAP reimburse overnight camp expenses? ANSWER: The short answer is no—your company’s DCAP cannot ...
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- Do we need to amend our cafeteria plan as a result of the additional HIPAA special enrollment rights that became available beginning April 1, 2009?
- From the July 16, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- QUESTION: I understand that two additional HIPAA special enrollment rights became available beginning April 1, 2009. Our company’s cafeteria plan allows mid-year election changes that correspond with the special enrollment rights that were already in effect. Do ...
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- Would a 10% pay cut allow our employees to change their elections for health FSA or health insurance benefits under our cafeteria plan?
- From the June 25, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- QUESTION: Our company is thinking about asking our employees to take a 10% cut in pay. Would this pay cut allow those employees to make mid-year changes to their health FSA or health insurance elections under our company’...
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- Can our employees make pre-tax payroll contributions to their HSAs if we don't have a cafeteria plan?
- From the May 28, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- QUESTION: Our company offers a high-deductible health plan (HDHP), and many participants contribute to their own HSAs. Several have asked whether they could make pre-tax contributions to their HSAs so that they could get their income tax savings ...
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- May we include as part of our HSA program a debit card for paying and reimbursing medical expenses?
- From the March 05, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- QUESTION: Our company contributes to its eligible employees’ HSAs, but we are concerned that many employees may be using their HSAs to pay for nonmedical expenses. Can we try to discourage our employees’ nonmedical spending by adding a ...
