HEALTH INSURANCE REFORM: GOOD OR BAD for your bottom line?

摘要

Will Obamacare batter or bolster your bottom line? The federal Affordable Care Act (ACA) comes at a time of rising health insurance costs for small business owners. Annual premi- ums for employer-provided family cover- age grew to about $16,000 in 2012 - which is a rate some 4 percent higher than 2011, according to a report from the Kaiser Family Foundation. Will the new federal law help put a cap on rates? If you have 50 or fewer employees, you have a good chance of turning the new federal law to your advantage.