AFFORDABLE CARE ACTSelected provisions of the Affordable Care Act for 2010 and 2011:2010* Putting information for consumers online* Prohibiting denying coverage of children based on pre-existing conditions* Eliminating lifetime limits on insurance coverage* Providing small business health insurance tax credits* Providing free preventive care* Extending coverage for young adults* Holding insurance companies accountable for unreasonable rate hikes2011* Offering prescription drug discounts* Providing free preventive care for seniors* Bringing down health care premiums* Addressing overpayments to big insurance companies and strengthening Medicare Advantage.Source: www.healthcare.gov
DALTON, Ga. – Employers should spend more time listening to their employees about what kind of employee benefits they need, an insurance representative said when talking about upcoming changes from federal health care reform laws.
“When a benefit becomes a hassle, it is no longer a benefit,” said Mark Mixer, vice president of sales and marketing for Alliant Health Plans. “Employers should sit down with employees and ask, ‘What do you need?’ You are never going to know unless you ask.”
Mixer and Tyler Thompson, a spokesman for U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson, spoke at the Dalton Golf & County Club Tuesday morning as part of the “Wake Up … Whitfield” series hosted by the Dalton-Whitfield Chamber of Commerce.
Thompson said Isakson, R-Ga., has voted for defunding and repealing health care reform several times this year, but no definitive changes have taken place on the political side.