2022 Healthcare Reform Facts

2022 Healthcare Reform Facts is the comprehensive, go-to source for information regarding the impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). Uniquely organized in a convenient and easy-to-understand Question and Answer format, 2022 Healthcare Reform Facts helps you quickly and confidently find the answers you need to the most frequently asked questions on the PPACA. 2022 Healthcare Reform Facts brings together the guidance, rules, and regulations from all the governing bodies into one resource, making it easy to find authoritative, insightful, and current answers to healthcare reform questions.

This publication helps you ensure that you and your clients are in compliance with the Affordable Care Act and related legislation by clearly explaining:

• "Medicare for All" and the Future of Healthcare Reform
• Types of health insurance affected by healthcare reform
• Reasons employers should or should not continue to offer health insurance
• Tax incentives for offering health insurance and required coverages
• Tax and other benefits of a grandfathered or grandmothered plan
• How the health insurance exchanges work as well as a host of other valuable information

New in the 2022 Edition:

• New Essential Health Benefits requirements for Covid-19 coverage, including vaccinations, quarantine, and isolation
• Analysis of the American Rescue Plan, which allows greater access to coverage, increased affordability, and created an expanded special enrollment period and premium tax credits
• Discussion of the Supreme Court's decision in California v. Texas, where the Court rejected ruled that the states and individuals that brought the lawsuit challenging the "individual mandate" of the Affordable Care Act did not have standing
• Changes to the employer mandate and analysis of which companies are subject to employer mandate penalties
• Update on the Navigator Program, which provides assistance to consumers and employers to help them understand healthcare coverage options
• Latest information on federal and state Covid-19 Special Enrollment Periods
• Complete and updated list of state health insurance "individual mandate" penalties

Topics Covered:

• Goals and major components of healthcare reform
• "Medicare for All" and the Future of Healthcare Reform
• Reasons employers should or should not continue to offer health insurance
• Types of health insurance affected by healthcare reform
• Tax incentives for offering health insurance and required coverages
• Tax and other benefits of a grandfathered or grandmothered plan
• How the health insurance exchanges work
• Small business provisions
• Impact of healthcare reform on employer fringe benefits
• And More! See the "Table of Contents" section for a full list of topics