Latest Developments

• State Action Towards Creating Insurance Exchanges (5.4.12)
• Supreme Court Adjourns After Three Days of Oral Arguments on the Individual Mandate (4.2.12)
• Winning the battle but losing the war on Health Reform at the SJC (3.27.12)
• Summary of Benefits and Coverage (SBC) Requirement effective 9/23/12 (2.10.12)
  and Addendum with more clarification (3.22.12)
• New FSA limit as of 1/1/13 (3.15.12)
• WGA's 2/16/12 webcast “Potential health reform penalties facing employers - The Numbers Game"
• Clarification on W-2 Reporting Requirements (2.6.12)
• Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Fee (2.3.12)
• Effective date for the Summary of Benefits and Coverage delayed (1.3.12)
• Death of the CLASS Act (10.20.11)
• Does the CLASS Act Have a Future? (10.7.11)
• IOM’s The Institute of Medicine’s Guidance on the Essential Benefits Package Released (10.7.11)
• CLASS Act Delayed (9.15.11)
• Take the Health Reform Quiz (9.7.11)
• Dept of Health and Human Services Unveils Details on the “Uniform Notice of Coverage Requirements”(8.26.11)
• Guidance on Well-Woman Preventive Services to be Covered at No Cost
• Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plans (PCIPs)
• WGA's 5/3/11 webcast: The First Year of Health Reform: Reflecting Back...Looking Forward
• Medicare Part D Notification Deadline Change; Now Due by October 15th (5.16.11)
• Federal Budget Negotiations Affect Health Reform Legislation (4.13.11)
• IRS Delays W-2 Reporting Requirements for Small Employers; Releases Q & A (3.31.11)
• U.S. Department of Labor Releases New Guidance Further Delaying Enforcement for Health Care Reform Appeals Rules (3.24.11)
• An Explanation of Grandfathering a Health Plan (3.16.11)
• It's Still the Law (3.10.11)
• Striking a Balance: Penalty, Plan Design & Affordability (5.13.11)
• 1099 Provision Repeal Approved (3.4.10)
• State Tax Treatment for Dependent Health Care Coverage (4.4.11)
• Summary of Major Provisions (2.8.11)

Fact Sheets

• National Health Reform Overview and TimeLine (April 2012)
• Grandfathered Plans (April 2012)
• Compliance Checklist for Second Renewal (April 2012)
• Impact on Individuals & Taxation (April 2012)
• Employee Annual Communication and Disclosure Requirements (April 2012)
• Tax Issues for Employees (April 2012)
• Interim Guidance for Employers on W-2 Reporting Requirements (April 2012)

WGA InsureBlog items and Alerts

• Winning the battle but losing the war on Health Reform at the SJC (WGA InsureBlog item 3.27.12)
• Death of the CLASS Act (WGA InsureBlog item 10.20.11)
• IRS Delays W-2 Reporting Requirements for Small Employers; Releases Q & A (3.31.11)
• U.S. Department of Labor Releases New Guidance Further Delaying Enforcement for Health Care Reform Appeals Rules (3.24.11)
• An Explanation of Grandfathering a Health Plan (3.16.11)
• It's Still the Law (3.10.11)
• 1099 Provision Repeal Approved (3.4.11)
• Kaiser Family Survey finds deep divisions on reform and budget cuts (WGA InsureBlog item 2.23.11)
• Health Reform Chess (WGA InsureBlog item 2.16.11)
• Unconstitutional? (2.4.11)
• PPACA Nondiscrimination Compliance for Fully-Insured Plans Delayed (12.27.10)
• Federal Judge Rules The Affordable Care Act’s “Individual Mandate” is Unconstitutional (WGA InsureBlog item 12.14.10)
• Final Regulations for Medical Loss Ratio Unveiled (12.09.10)
• Grandfathering Provision Reversed (11.12.10)
• A Nuance of Grandfathering (WGA InsureBlog item 11.15.10)
• A post-election look at PPACA(WGA InsureBlog item 11.8.10)
• Open Enrollment Disclosures (11.4.10)
• IRS Delays W-2 Health Cost Reporting Requirement for One Year (10.14.10)
• Enforcement Grace Period for Key Aspects of New Claims and Appeals Rules and Additional Rules on Grandfathering (9.24.10)

Resources

• Supreme Court Argument Transcripts
• SCOUTUSblog Tuesday Round-up
• Washington Wire - WJS: Cheney Released From Hospital
• Brookings Up Front Blog - Second Day of Supreme Court's Hearing on Health Care Law
• NYT Lede Blog -Updates on Supreme Court Hearings
• Kaiser Family Foundation Animated Health Reform Video
• Health Reform Implementation FAQs Part I (9.20.10)
• Health Reform Implementation FAQs Part II (10.8.10)
• Health Reform Implementation FAQs Part III (10.12.10)
• Health Reform Implementation FAQs Part IV
• Health Reform Implementation FAQs Part V (12.22.10)
• Health Reform Implementation FAQs Part VI (4.4.11)
• Council of Insurance Agents and Brokers (CIAB) Questions & Answers
• Chris Nadeau's 4/9/10 letter to WGA clients
• WGA Library of Health Care Reform Updates 2009-2010

Presentations

• WGA's 2/16/12 webcast: Potential health reform penalties facing employers "The Numbers Game"
• WGA's 5/3/11 webcast: The First Year of Health Reform: Reflecting Back...Looking Forward
• WGA's 9/16/10 webcast: National Healthcare Reform Survival Kit for Your Next Renewal
• WGA's 6/4/10 webcast: Exploring the Essentials: A breakdown of the basic framework of PPACA in a Q&A format
• WGA's 5/20/10 presentation to the Worldwide Employee Benefits Network: Health Reform - Immediate Impacts & Required Actions

Penalty Calculator

Check out WGA's calculator for employer mandate penalties

For questions about National Healthcare Reform, please contact our team via email at healthreform@WGAins.com, or go direct to your WGA Client Executive or Client Manager.

And be sure to check out the WGA InsureBlog to read and respond to the numerous blog entries on health care reform: WGA InsureBlog

• RT @kmcsherrywga : RAND Study of Effect of ACA on Enrollment and Premiums, Either With or Without the Individual Mandate (PDF)http://t.co ...
  May 16, 2012
• HHS final ruling requires health insurers to send notice that they meet MLR requirements: http://t.co/cETpw6oL
  May 16, 2012