Overview Sources

Overview of Reform Provisions
Survey/Studies

Overview of Reform Provisions   

• Federal Health Reform: State Legislative Tracking Database, National Conference of State Legislatures, (updated regularly)
• 2011 Health Insurance Reform Enacted Laws Related to the Affordable Care Act, National Conference of State Legislatures, (updated regularly)
• The 2012 Presidential Candidates and the U.S. Health Care System, Council for Affordable Health Insurance, 4/24/12 (New) 
• DOL Begins Enforcing the ACA through Plan Audits, 4/17/12 (New)
• Scorecard: What The Health Law Has Delivered, Or Not, Kaiser Health News, 3/23/12 
• Affordable Care Act: The New Health Care Law at Two Years, White House, 3/21/12  
• Health Care Reform Employer Compliance Obligations 2012, Thorp Reed & Armstrong, 3/21/12  
• What Effects the Health Care Law Has Had and What's to Come, USA Today, 3/16/12 
• Agencies Outline Plans for Issuing Rules under Affordable Care Act, Littler, 1/31/12 
• Vocabulary of Healthcare Reform, Thomson Reuters, 1/25/12 
• Group Health Plans: Year-End Action Items, Upcoming Changes, Morgan Lewis, 12/21/11 
• Your Health Plan’s Hidden Dangers: Litigation and Compliance Risks in the New Health Reform Environment, Pension & Benefits Daily, 12/16/11 
• The Affordable Care Act and Its Effect on Midsize and Large Employers, Center for Healthcare Research & Transformation, 10/18/11  
• GOP Presidential Hopefuls: Where They Stand On Health Care, Kaiser Health News, 10/13/11  
• Health Care Reform: Mid-2011 Legislative Review and Outlook, Towers Watson, July 2011  
• Employer Health Care Reform: Moving Beyond Compliance, Deloitte, 5/24/11
• Emerging Challenges...and Opportunities...in the New Health Care World, Mercer, 5/20/11  
• Summary of New Health Reform Law, Kaiser Family Foundation, 4/15/11 
• Health Care Reform One Year Later: The Status of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Implementation, Littler Mendelson, 3/31/11  
• Health Care Reform and Me, Web tool from Health Alliance Plan, 3/28/11  
• How People Get Coverage Under the Affordable Care Act (flow chart), Kaiser Family Foundation, 3/9/11  
• The Future of Health Insurance: Demise of Employer-Sponsored Coverage Greatly Exaggerated, Booz & Co., 1/25/11 
• The Importance of Stakeholder Participation in the Process to Define the ‘Essential Health Benefits Package,’ Epstein, Becker & Green, 1/5/10 
• Year End Gifts – More Guidance for Health Reform Implementation, Vorys Sater Seymour & Pease,12/30/10 
• Health Care Reform Checklist, Warner Norcross, 12/20/10 
• Health Care Reform After 2011, Thompson Hine, 12/9/10 
• Group Health Plans: Are You Ready for Healthcare Reform?, Morgan Lewis, 12/3/10 
• Thirteen Things Employers Need to Know About Health Reform, Baker Donelson, 11/11/10 
• Further Guidance Issued on Insurance Market Reforms; Tax Reporting Relief Granted, McGuire Woods, 10/20/10 
• Influencing the Development of the New Health Care Reform Law, Miller Chevalier, 10/14/10 
• New Informal Guidance Issued On Various Health Reform Mandates, Proskauer Rose, 9/23/10 
• Health Reform: What Employers Need to Consider, Steptoe & Johnson, 9/8/10 
• Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Summary, Michael Best & Friedrich, 8/19/10  
• What Are the Provisions in the New Law for Containing Costs and How Effective Will They Be?, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Urban Institute, 8/11/10 
• Does the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Permit the Purchase of Health Insurance Across State Lines?, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Urban Institute, 8/11/10 
• Health Care Reform: Summary of Mandates Affecting Traditional Group Health Plans, Davis Wright Tremaine, 7/21/10 
• The Devil in the Details of Healthcare Reform, Willis, 5/4/10 
• Health Care Reform: A New Era for Employer-Sponsored Coverage, Alston & Bird, 4/30/10
• Navigating National Health Care Reform: What Every Employer Should Know, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler, 4/30/10 
• Healthcare Reform: What It Means for Employers, Holland & Knight, 4/26/10 
• An Employer's Guide to Health Care Reform, Seyfarth Shaw, 4/15/10 
• Summary of Changes Affecting Large Employers Under the PPACA - Amended. Michael Best & Friedich, 4/1/10  

Surveys/Studies   

• New Report Reveals Democrats’ Health Care Law Creates Financial Incentives for Employers to Drop Health Coverage, House Committee on Ways and Means, 5/1/12 (New) 
• New IBI Research: CFO Views on Health Care Reform, See Continued Value in Medical Coverage Provided to Employees, Integrated Benefits Institute, 4/18/12 (New) 
• Financial Impact of Health Reform on Employer Benefits Not as Significant as Anticipated, Midwest Business Group on Health, 3/26/12  
• CBO and JCT’s Estimates of the Effects of the Affordable Care Act on the Number of People Obtaining Employment-Based Health Insurance, Congressional Budget Office, 3/15/12 
• Will the Affordable Care Act Move Patient-Centeredness to Center Stage?, Urban Institute and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 3/7/12   
• The Effect of the Affordable Care Act on Enrollment and Premiums, With and Without the Individual Mandate, Rand, 2/15/12 
• Employers Skeptical of Health Care Reform, But Few Project Dropping Health Insurance Coverage, GfK Custom Research North America, 12/2/11  
• Most Believe Employment-Based Health Coverage Will Continue, EBRI, 11/15/11 
• Public Support Of Health Law Drops Sharply, Kaiser Family Foundation, 10/28/11  
• Health Care Reform, One Year Later, Mercer, 10/26/11 
• Without The Individual Mandate, The Affordable Care Act Would Still Cover 23 Million; Premiums Would Rise Less Than Predicted, Lewin Group, 10/26/11  
• Why Employers Will Continue to Provide Health Insurance: The Impact of the Affordable Care Act, Urban Institute and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 10/26/11 
• Health Care Changes Ahead, Towers Watson, 10/14/11
• Americans in the Dark About Key Element of Health Reform; Confidence in U.S. Health System Remains Low but Unchanged, EBRI, 9/27/11  
• Many Employers Interested in ACOs to Decrease Health Care Costs and Increase Value-Based Approaches, Says Aon Hewitt and Polakoff Boland, Aon Hewitt, 9/27/11  
• One Million Young Adults Gain Health Insurance in 2011 Because of the Affordable Care Act, National Center for Health Statistics, 9/21/11  
• Health Insurance Coverage: Early Release of Estimates From the National Health Interview Survey, January–March 2011, National Center for Health Statistics, 9/20/11  
• Affordable Care Act Reforms Could Reduce the Number of Underinsured U.S. Adults by 70 Percent, Commonwealth Fund, 9/8/11  
• The Impact of Repealing PPACA on Savings Needed for Health Expenses for Persons Eligible for Medicare, Emloyee Benefit Research Institute, 8/29/11  
• Employers Committed to Offering Health Care Benefits Today; Concerned About Viability of Insurance Exchanges, Towers Watson, 8/24/11  
• Realizing Health Reform’s Potential: When Unemployed Means Uninsured - The Toll of Job Loss on Health Coverage, and How the Affordable Care Act Will Help, Commonwealth Fund, 8/23/11  
• Majority of Large Employers Revamping Health Benefit Programs for 2012, National Business Group on Health Survey Finds, National Business Group on Health, 8/18/11  
• Health Care Organizations Expect Health Care Reform Measures to Drive Higher Costs, Buck Consultants, 8/11/11  
• US Employer Health Plan Enrollment Up 2% Under PPACA’s Dependent Eligibility Rule, Mercer, 8/1/11
• PPACA One Year Later: Small Business Owners Expect Costs to Rise, National Federation of Independent Business, 7/25/11  
• An Offer You Can't Refuse: Estimating the Coverage Effects of the 2010 Affordable Care Act, Employment Policies Institute, 7/19/11  
• Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: IRS Should Expand Its Strategic Approach to Implementation, Government Accoutability Office (GAO), 6/29/11  
• SHOPping Around - Setting up State Health Care Exchanges for Small Businesses: A Roadmap, Center for American Progress and Small Business Majority, 6/29/11    
• Employer Health Reform Survey Results, Lockton Cos., 6/23/11 
• Effects of Health Reform on Small Businesses and Their Workers, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 6/21/11  
• Affordable Care Act’s Impact on Employer Sponsored Insurance: A Look at the Microsimulation Models and Other Analyses, Avalere, 6/17/11  
• Health Reform Challenges Employers' Ability to Control Costs, Maintain Robust Plans, Survey Shows, Lockton Cos., 6/16/11  
• New Survey Examines Employer Reactions to Health Care Reform One Year Later, International Foundation, 6/8/11  
• How US Health Care Reform Will Affect Employee Benefits: The Shift Away From Employer-Provided Health Insurance Will Be Vastly Greater Than Expected and Will Make Sense for Many Companies and Lower-Income Workers Alike, McKinsey & Co, 6/7/11  
• Commonwealth Fund/Modern Healthcare Health Care Opinion Leaders Survey: Views on Health Reform and the Role of States, Commonwealth Fund, 5/23/11  
• Realizing Health Reform’s Potential: Will the Affordable Care Act Make Health Insurance Affordable?, Commonwealth Fund, 4/27/11  
• 2011 Top Five Total Rewards Priorities, Deloitte/ISCEBS, 4/20/11  
• Aon Hewitt Report Shows Potential Impact of Health Care Reform on Retiree Medical Programs, Aon Hewitt, 4/20/11  
• How Will Health Care Reform Affect Costs and Coverage?: Examples from Five States, Rand Corp., 4/1/11  
• Hidden Costs of U.S. Health Care for Consumers, Deloitte, 3/21/11  
• Public Opinion on Health Care Issues, Kaiser Family Foundation, 3/17/11  
• Updated Sensitivity Testing of the Employer Assumption in the Office of the
  Actuary’s Health Reform Model, Based on the President’s 2012 Budget, CMS Office of the Actuary, 3/11/11 
• Employers & Workers Expecting Cost Increases From Health Reform, EBRI, 1/24/11
• Health Care Reform Survey 2010, Willis, 11/9/10
• Impact of Health Reform on 2011 Health Costs, Segal/Sibson, 8/18/10 
• Large Employers’ 2011 Health Plan Design Changes, National Business Group on Health, 8/9/10 
• New Survey Reveals Employers Considering Their Options in Reaction to Health Care Reform, International Foundation, 6/21/10 
• Health-Care Reform: Impact on Employer-Sponsored Plans Begins to Emerge, Mercer, 6/3/10