In a companion article, we discuss how some employers are using “skinny plans” to cut healthcare costs under the Affordable Care Act. Others are planning to use the opposite strategy: high-cost plans with rich benefits, or “fat plans.” The Affordable Care Act requires all health plans to cover certain preventive care services with no copayment....
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Skinny Health Plans—Good Idea or Not?
So-called skinny health plans could give larger employers a way to minimize shared responsibility penalties under the Affordable Care Act. Beginning in 2015, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) will require all employers with 50 or more full-time equivalent (FTE) employees to offer their full-time employees coverage that is affordable and meets a...
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