Latest Developments

• Small and Large Group Markets Impact in MA (April 2013)
• Claiming the Small Business Tax Credit Under PPACA (April 2013)
• WGA's Health Reform Advisory Team's "Play or Pay Workshop" Presentation (March 2013)
• National Health Reform Overview and TimeLine (March 2013)
• Pre-Tax Transit Benefit Changes & New Proposed Employer Shared Responsibility Regulations Under PPACA (January 2013)

Fact Sheets

• National Health Reform Overview and TimeLine (April 2013)
• Summary of PPACA Fees 2013 (February 2013)
• Play or Pay Provision 2013 - Determining FTE (February 2013)
• Summary of Benefits and Coverage (August 2012)
• New Healthcare Flexible Spending Accounts Contribution Limits (July 2012)
• Grandfathered Plans (April 2012)
• Employee Annual Communication and Disclosure Requirements (April 2012)

Presentations

• WGA’s 4/2/13 presentation: "Play or Pay" Provision Workshop
• WGA’s 7/9/12 webcast: Overview on the Supreme Court Decision
• WGA's 2/16/12 webcast: Potential health reform penalties facing employers "The Numbers Game"
• CIAB’s 6/29/12 webcast:What it means for brokers
• 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

WGA InsureBlog items and Alerts

• Four possible scenarios for PPACA after the election (WGA InsureBlog item November 2012)
• Summary of Benefits and Coverage – the first step in expanding healthcare education (WGA InsureBlog item October 2012)

Resources

• Supreme Court Argument Transcripts
• SCOUTUSblog Tuesday Round-up
• State Action Towards Creating Insurance Exchanges
• Washington Wire - WJS
• 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
• Council of Insurance Agents and Brokers (CIAB) Questions & Answers
• FAQs About Affordable Care Act Implementation Part VIII

Penalty Calculator

Check out WGA's calculator for employer mandate penalties

Archives

• Archived Health Reform Advisory Corner Information

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

• Update&Public Statement on Continued Lack of Transparency on the Impact of the Affordable Care Act on Massachusetts http://t.co/loFU6Zo2JA
  May 23, 2013
• RT @KaiserFamFound : UPDATED Kaiser calculator http://t.co/xLpM0SD7Wb illustrates premium subsidies available starting in 2014 #ACA
  May 20, 2013
• Kaiser Poll shows: 42% of Americans don't think the Affordable Care Act is a law: http://t.co/vjvwaqTPjc
  May 2, 2013
• DOL released new FAQs on SBCs: http://t.co/G6g9ZWX4fZ
  April 24, 2013