Healthcare Update: What the Recent SCOTUS Ruling Means for Employers

Healthcare Update Webinar Recording

On June 28, 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a narrow 5 – 4 decision to uphold the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which was signed into law by President Barack Obama in March 2010 after nearly a year of back-and-forth debate by both chambers of Congress. The long-debated issue was viewed as a victory for Democrats and a rally cry for Republicans.

But after all the politics and rhetoric are stripped away, a larger, more practical question looms for employers and HR practitioners: So what exactly does this ruling mean for our organization? 

Participate in this timely and interactive webinar, and you'll learn:

• What exactly the Supreme Court ruled on -- and what they didn’t
• What the ruling means to employers 
  - Will you have to provide health insurance to every employee? 
  - Who gets insurance and who doesn’t? 
  - What is the employer's new responsibility?
• How to answer your employees’ questions about their insurance options
• What kinds of plans all employers MUST complete to be in compliance and the deadlines you'll need to meet
• What the penalties are for employers who don’t offer insurance options to their employees
• Which businesses will see tax credits and why
• Why the court rejected the commerce clause but upheld the individual mandate as a tax and what that means to employers
• An overview of the provisions the act calls to implement between now and 2014, including what has been done already, what’s scheduled next, and what the SCOTUS ruling means when it comes to implementation
• A review of the one area the Supreme Court did not affirm, the Medicare expansion, and what that means to employers

In just 90 minutes, learn the ins and outs of the recent ruling on health care so you can best prepare your organization. Register now risk-free.

This webinar was recorded on Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Healthcare Update: What the Recent SCOTUS Ruling Means for Employers

About Your Speaker:

Attorney Ashley Gillihan is counsel in the Atlanta office of Alston & Bird LLP and is a member of the firm's Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation and ERISA Litigation Groups. Mr. Gillihan focuses his practice exclusively on health and welfare employee benefit compliance and litigation issues for employers, health plan administrators, and other health and welfare benefit plan service providers. He also has extensive experience assisting financial institutions and insurance companies who serve as health savings account trustees or custodians. Mr. Gillihan is active in publishing and speaking on various health and welfare benefit plan-related topics and serves as a faculty member and technical advisor for several health and welfare benefit plan-focused organizations.