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Small groups must use D.C. health exchange in 2015 … for now

D.C. Council approves emergency legislation June 4, but permanent bill still to come requiring participation in new insurance marketplaceCity lawmakers in Washington, D.C., are leaving small businesses—and that includes hundreds of D.C.-based associations—in insurance limbo for a while longer. The D.C. Council unanimously passed emergency legislation June 4 that would require all employers of 50 or fewer people to purchase health insurance through a new online exchange beginning in 2015. Permanent legislation on this timeline is still pending. According to the emergency bill, the 2015 mandate is in effect unless the Council changes the date by Oct. 1, 2014. Many D.C.-based… Read More