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Before 2009 ends, your healthcare benefits programs will likely undergo enormous, unnerving, and potentially expensive changes.
As Capitol Hill wraps up its debate, the latest CNN survey says two-thirds of responders support President Obama’s plans to re-work the current healthcare system from top to bottom. And Vice President Biden says Congress will pass healthcare reform legislation before Thanksgiving.
Here’s the challenge for employers: How can you get ready for these changes when there’s so much uncertainty about what’s coming at you? It seems like even the politicians don’t understand what they’re talking about.
The key is knowing what questions to ask - and what initial preparations you can make right now - so that you’ll be ready to act as soon as the changes are finalized.
Learning Objectives:- How to plan ahead for potential healthcare benefits changes – even when the reform plans are still a moving target
- The best current estimates of your new obligations as an employer
- What “play or pay” means in everyday language, especially as you decide whether to keep your own benefits in place or move your workforce to a public option plan or to nonprofit cooperatives
- How the new healthcare regs will affect established rules for COBRA, HIPAA, ERISA, and other benefits issues
- Best practices for prepping your employee communications plans ahead of time, so that you can roll out the news quickly when the new law passes
- The impact of reform legislation on flexible spending accounts, HSAs, HRAs, and “gold plated” healthcare plans for your executives and highly compensated workers
- How you can get ready for the unintended consequences of healthcare reform (For example: Will you still offer wellness programs if you’re no longer the primary source of medical coverage for your employees? Will you lose more pre-Medicare Baby Boomer employees if they suddenly gain access to better healthcare plans?)
About Your Speaker:
Mark Combs, REBC, RHU, CLU, CFA, CFP, ChFC, is vice president and a partner in Horne/Guest, a nationwide, multi-million-dollar employee benefit advisory practice based in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina. His firm is one of the largest employee benefit advisory firms in the southeastern United States, counseling many successful employers and corporations around the country. He writes and speaks extensively on employee benefits trends and strategies, with an emphasis on helping employers get the maximum possible value from their benefits programs and automating benefits processes to make life easier for them. He earned his bachelor’s degrees from Wofford College.
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