The Affordable Care Act: The Effect on Small Business

By Julie Waters, PHR, Human Resources/Operations Manager for the Office of the Chapter 13 Trustee for the Eastern District of Washington, Spokane

Is it really affordable?

In my experience, not so much. We recently received our medical insurance renewal information for our small group for 2014. We have (scratch that, HAD) a pretty rich plan. Not quite Cadillac, but the boss cares about his staff and wants to provide us with a good plan. Well, that plan design is no longer offered by the insurance company, so we don’t even have the opportunity to . . .

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