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The 2018 heath benefits notices are part of the open enrollment for employee benefits. The documentation should be distributed and supplied to employees in compliance with employer’s obligations under the federal law. Some notices are to be provided annually, which is why many employers choose to include the documents during the company’s open enrollment period as an administrative convenience. Continue reading
For all its absurdity, the debate over Obamacare has accomplished something positive: It has educated people that insurance is really about risk pooling — as in you need both healthy and sick people to participate if it’s going to be affordable for the sick. Continue reading
Are employees worried about losing their health insurance from their employer? The ongoing political turmoil around “Obamacare” all but guarantees they’ll still be able to do that.
Ask Walt Rowen, whose business is etching glass but whose experience managing century-old, family-owned Susquehanna Glass makes him something of an expert on health care. He’s provided coverage to employees, then canceled it, steering them to the health insurance exchange. But with those premiums rising, Rowen this year is again covering his 70 or so workers under the umbrella of employer-sponsored health insurance.
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Years ago the Democrats used budget reconciliation to enact parts of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), so the use of reconciliation to modify the ACA, but not repeal it is fitting gesture. The push for the ACA to take effect happened in the same manner in March 2010 as the proposed American Health Care Act (AHCA) is being presented and pushed for today. Continue reading
I love working for a small business. In a smaller office, my day-to-day impact is much bigger, and when I wake up in the mornings, I know I’m going to make a difference. Continue reading
