In 2010, President Obama signed into law a comprehensive health care reform bill entitled the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). Various provisions of the bill directly impact employee health benefit plans and create new rights and obligations for affected organizations, health insurance plans, and individuals. These provisions include new retaliation protections for employees, prohibitions against benefits discrimination based on employee salary, and benefits extensions for dependents up to age 26. Many of these changes took effect in June 2010 or September 2010, or will become effective in 2011 and beyond.

To ensure that employees understand their rights and obligations under the law, employers who offer health insurance benefits should immediately implement an effective communication plan. Failure to properly notify employees and plan participants about new legal provisions can be used as evidence against an employer-sponsored health plan in the event of an investigation, complaint, or retaliation lawsuit.

To help employers communicate these critical benefits-related law changes to employees, Personnel Concepts has introduced a comprehensive Health Care Reform Information Poster. This poster lists 21 specific employment-related provisions of the bill scheduled to take effect in 2010 and 2011. Posting this information in the workplace demonstrates good faith compliance with the notification and anti-retaliation provisions of the bill, while ensuring the employees fully understand what provisions will and will not impact their health insurance benefits.

Who Needs It

All employers who offer health insurance benefits to employees must ensure that affected workers and benefit plan participants understand their new rights and obligations under the health care reform bill.

Benefits

Clear Communication of Critical Provisions
Recent polls indicate that most Americans do not fully understand all of the major provisions contained in the 3300-page bill, and many workers currently enrolled in employer-sponsored health benefit plans may be misinformed about how they will be personally impacted. Our exclusive poster focuses on the specific employment-related provisions of the bill and their respective effective dates so that employees understand how and when they will be impacted.

Lawsuit Prevention and Defense
Taking steps to ensure that all workers are notified of the changes brought about by the health care reform bill can be used in your favor during a lawsuit related to any of the law’s employment-related provisions, including the salary discrimination and anti-retaliation protections contained in the Act.

Money-Back Guarantee

If you’re not completely satisfied with our poster, you can return it within 30 days from the original date of purchase for a full refund, less shipping and processing charges.

Specifications

• Size: 16” x 23”
• Available laminated for durability
• Includes summaries and effective dates on 20 major provisions of the bill, including:

-Grandfathered health plan exemptions
-Health insurance coverage for dependents up to age 26
-Anti-retaliation provisions
-Salary discrimination protections
-Mandatory breaks for breastfeeding mothers
-Pre-existing conditions
-Small business tax incentives
-Medicare changes