Pest Management Professional, September 2012
The 60 day requirement is effective for open enrollments that begin on or after Sept 23 2012 COVER STORY Continued from page 24 exchanges A firms first 30 employees would be subtracted from this penalty payment calculation I dont see it impacting us short term Wilson says Long term I see it being a situation where employers will have to bail I think PPACA is so complicated has so many uncertainties that Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi D Calif was laughed at when she said We have to pass it to find out whats in it And thats the truth Thats the way it has worked out In Virginia we have 700000 people on Medicaid he continues In October under PPACA well have another 400000 Thats one out of every seven Virginians on Medicaid Medicaid already represents 16 percent of our state budget The U S Chamber of Commerce states the new health care law expands health care coverage but fails to address skyrocketing health care costs adding that in 2009 the federal government was already on the hook for 368 trillion in unfunded liabilities for Medicare and now a new 1 trillion entitlement has been created pmp Harler a Cleveland based freelancer can be reached at curt@ curtharler com or 440 238 4556 Stevens a Minneapolis based freelancer can be reached at 612 871 3698 Looking ahead Before the U S Supreme Court rendered its surprising verdict the April 9 2012 issue of New Yorker magazine in a column by Jefrey Toobin made this point The key issue in the case is whether Congress in passing the law exceeded its powers under the Commerce Clause of the Constitution which allows the government to regulate interstate commerce The involvement of the federal government in the health care market is not unprecedented it dates back nearly 50 years to the passage of Medicare and Medicaid The 40 million uninsured Americans whose chances for coverage are riding on the outcome of the case are already entered into commerce because others are likely to pay their health care costs 26 September 2012 Pest Management Professional www mypmp net
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