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Most Small Businesses Not Planning for Health Care Reform According to eHealthInsurance Survey
Market Watch reports: "MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA, Mar 21, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- The majority (85%) of small businesses are not making changes or long-term plans based on health care reform legislation, according to a recent survey of small business owners released...
Visualizing Health Care Reform Tool Illustrates Future Impact of the Affordable Care Act on Uninsured Illinoisans
Yahoo News reports: "Interactive map depicts insurance needs by region and community; around 1,646,527 new Illinois residents will be eligible for coverage Chicago, Ill. (PRWEB) March 20, 2012 Today, in conjunction with the March 23 second anniversary of the...
Supreme Court Update for the week of March 26th, 2012
Special Edition Newsletter Supreme Court Update for the week of March 26th, 2012 Recap The Affordable Care Act (ACA) signed into law on 3/23/2010. Most of the main provisions of this law start 1/1/2014. It requires almost all individuals in the United...
Health benefits drive employee loyalty
BenefitsPro reports: "More young employees are taking an interest in workplace benefits, but employers may not be realizing it, a study from MetLife finds. More than half of surveyed employees (58 percent) say benefits are an important retention driver—highest among...
Supreme Court To Sort Out Health-Care Mandate
Insurance News Net reports: "Connie Cass; Connie Cass The Associated Press This is the first in a weeklong package of stories previewing the Supreme Court's consideration of President Obama's health-care overhaul law. WASHINGTON - Death, taxes and now health...
Health care reform: 4 inconvenient truths
Politico reports: "President Barack Obama promised over and over during the health care debate that “if you like your health care plan, you can keep your health care plan.” It turns out that, for a lot of people, that isn’t true. A Congressional Budget Office report...
Health Care Reform Could Get You A Raise, But There’s A Catch
Huff Post Politics reports: "The good news is that health care reform could lead your employer to put a little more money in your paycheck. The bad news is that if they do, it's probably because they aren't providing you with health insurance anymore. The...
AARP Supports Health Care Reform Law Against Challenges to Its Constitutionality
AARP Foundation reports: "The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), enacted in 2010, was immediately challenged in court by states, organizations and individuals. Background At enactment of the ACA 45 million Americans did not have health insurance. Health...
HHS Issues Final Rule to Implement Health Insurance Exchange Markets
Bloomberg BNA reports: "The Department of Health and Human Services March 12 issued a final rule implementing a key component of the health care reform law—creation of health insurance exchange markets in all states in 2014 through which millions of individuals and...
Backup plans if individual mandate is struck down
"If the U.S. Supreme Court strikes down health reform’s individual mandate and leaves the rest of the law in place — what happens next? The backup plan could be automatic enrollment in your employer’s health insurance, a lot like the way you get signed up for the...