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Healthcare Reform:
Q&A For Business Owners
Presented by Damon Thompson
Damon Thompson
• Graduated from Austin College in
1979.
• Immediately began working with
business owners for their insurance
needs.
• Began working with G&A Partners
as they began to develop their
independent insurance agency with
the focus of helping business
owners identify and mitigate risks.
10 Year Financial cost &
Individuals with Coverage
• In very round numbers
– Gross Cost $2,500,000,000,000 (t)
– New Revenue $1,500,000,000,000 (t)
– Net Cost $1,000,000,000,000 (t)
• 95% covered when fully implemented
– Population 300,000,000
– Covered 285,000,000
– Non-covered 15,000,000
The 100 year timeline
• Pre 1929
– Some in society believe in healthcare should be provided by the Federal Government
– Some in society believe in healthcare is not among the powers granted to the Federal Government by States
• 1929
– The stock market crash
• Post 1929
– The decade long Great Depression
• 1933
– President Roosevelt
– The passage of the body of law which started Social Security
– Just prior to placing the bill up for a vote federally provided healthcare was removed because the cost would have
been too great
• WWII years
– President Roosevelt
– Employers ask for and receive the ability pay to pay for health insurance and deduct the cost as an ordinary and
necessary business expense
• Early 1960s
– President Johnson
– The Great Society and the beginning of Medicare
• 1992
– President Clinton
– Healthcare reform does not materialize
• 2010
– President Obama
– Healthcare reform does materialize
• 2010, 2011,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016,2017,2018,2019
Prior to March 23, 2010
• If you currently provide benefits
and you like what you have, you
can keep it.
• Employers are not required to
offer benefits.
As of March 23, 2010
• If you currently provide benefits and you like
what you have, you can keep it...
• until further notice is given.
• If you don’t currently provide benefits, you aren’t
required to…
• until further notice is given.
• Ultimately the law requires the individual to
secure coverage (except for Congressional
Members and their Staff, illegal aliens, certain
religious groups)
Changes in 2010
2010 Timeline
• Current benefits are grandfathered
however you must keep the same
benefits unless part of a collective
bargaining contract
• If a change is made after 3-23-2010
but before Federally stipulated
benefits are outlined we don’t know
if grandfathering will apply to those
contracts
2010 Timeline
• Reimbursement for early retiree expenses until 2014 if
you have retiree age 55-64
• If <25 employees AND <$50K annual payroll AND
employer contributes at least 50% of employee
premium, THEN employer receives a 35% tax credit for
premiums spent
• September 2010
– Section 105h compliance for ALL plans
– Unlimited annual and lifetime policy limits
– Coverage for dependents to age 26
– All emergency paid as in-network
– Insurance companies must cover pre-ex <age 19 children
• November 2, 2010 Congressional Elections
2010 Timeline
• December 2010
– H.S.A. ineligible distributions taxed at 20% vs. 10%
– Preventive care except for grandfathered plans
– Free immunizations, screenings from the Federal task
force (except for Sept. 2010 mammogram statement)
– Credit of 50% of premium if employer contributes 50%
of premium, has less than 25 employees and average
salary is under $50,000
– $2.3 billion new tax on drug companies retro to 2009
sales. (apportionment)
– Insurance companies can cancel policy only for fraud
Changes in 2011
2011 Timeline
• W-2 to include cost of benefits (not H.S.A.
contributions)
• Minimum Loss rations for <100 ee groups is 80%
• Minimum Loss rations for >100 ee groups is 85%
• Insurance company refunds premium on profitable
accounts
• Insurance company eats the losses on non-
profitable accounts
• This is on an account basis, not the aggregate book
of accounts insured by an insurance company
• Pretax spending accounts - over the counter
medications are no longer eligible
2011 Timeline
• January 2011
– Creation of a safe-harbor cafeteria plan
– Creation of CLASS, Government sponsored and employee paid
Long Term Care plan with automatic enrollment (must decline
if not wanted)
• March 2011
– Federal study begins to determine if legislation is encouraging
employers to move to self-insured plans
– Federal study begins to determine the levels of coverage
within self-insured plans
– Summary of benefits must be provided at time of application
and upon delivery of insurance contract to each employee.
Summary must be less than 4 pages and at least in an 8 point
font, additionally it must be written in "culturally linguistically
appropriate manner"
Changes in 2012
2012 Timeline
• Expanded 1099 reporting, possibly
monthly vs. annually
• New $2.00 per employee per year
tax to fund Outcome Based Research
New Presidential Term Begins
(from the 2012 election)
Changes in 2013
2013 Timeline
• Flexible Spending Account maximum contribution: $2,500
• 1040 tax medical deduction threshold increases to 10% of AGI
from 7.5%
• Salary & Deferred compensation caps on insurance executives
• New Taxes
• New 2.3% tax on medical device manufactures ($2 billion)
• 0.9% increase in the Medicare tax for high wage earners
• 3.8% tax on unearned income for AGI over $200k single $250
joint. These triggers are not indexed to CPI (or anything else)
• Employer must tell employees about the health insurance
exchange that begin in 2014
Changes in 2014
2014 Timeline
• No more grandfathering of contracts
– Guaranteed issue of insurance contracts with no dollar
limits on medical conditions existing prior to the date of
application
• Premiums become community rated
– Geography and family size are no longer allowed as
variables
– Age & tobacco are only variables
– Age - 3:1 ratio, Tobacco - 1.5:1 ratio.
• The Essential Plan requirements are established
– Each State must create an Exchange to include the
government plan. If States do not create an exchange
the government will create and run one on their behalf
2014 Timeline
• New tax on private health insurance
premiums taxed to the insurance
company
– 2014: $ 8,000,000,000
– 2015: $11,300,000,000
– 2016: $13,900,000,000
– 2017: $14,300,000,000
– 2018: indexed thereafter
2014 Timeline
Free Ride Penalty (in case an employer opts out)
IF employer has 50+ employees (including any
seasonal) and at least one employee purchases
their insurance on the exchange and the
employee qualifies for a federal tax credit to help
pay premium
THEN an employer tax is triggered in the amount
of $2,000 per year for every employee in excess
of 30 employees or $3,000 for each employee
securing coverage through the exchange. The
hours worked by all part-time employees are
aggregated into Full Time Equivalents for the
purpose of calculating the tax.
2014 Timeline
Waiting period for new employees
can not exceed 90 days
(1st of the month after 60 days of full
time employment will work)
2014 Timeline
Employer reporting and enrollment requirements
The months during the year for which coverage is available
The length of any waiting period to enter the health care plan
The monthly premium for the lowest cost health care option offered
The employer’s share of the total cost of benefits provided
The option for which the employer pays the largest portion of the
cost and the portion of the cost paid by the employer in each of
the enrollment categories under that option
The number of full-time employees for each month of the calendar
year
The name, address and tax ID number of each full-time employee
and the months each employee was covered under the plan
Automatic Enrollment of employees for employers with 200+ full-
time employees
New Presidential Term Begins
(from the 2016 election)
2017
Changes in 2018
2018 Timeline
• The Infamous Cadillac Tax
– Originally scheduled to begin after the 2012 Presidential
election
– Now scheduled to begin after the 2016 Presidential election
– Interesting bit of information (in round numbers)
– Stated cost of the Healthcare plan over 10 years
– 2.5 trillion dollars of cost
– 2.5 trillion dollars of new taxes if all Cadillac plans taxed
– 2.0 trillion dollars of new taxes if only union Cadillac plans taxed
– 0.5 trillion dollars of new taxes if only non-union Cadillac plans taxed
2018 Timeline
• If the tax is triggered, the tax is 40% of the value of
the premiums exceeding the threshold and the tax is
paid by the insurance company
• Single coverage threshold is $10,200+
• Family coverage threshold is $27,500+
• What premiums are included in the calculation?
– actual premiums for medical, dental, vision for
integrated plans (if dental and vision is written on a free
standing basic premium is excluded)
– the value of amounts paid out of F.S.A. and H.S.A.
withdrawals to pay for medical procedures
• What premiums are not included in the calculation?
– premiums for Disability, Long Term Care, accident or
specified disease policies
Stay tuned
as Congress
will be meeting
between now and then
2019

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Healthcare Reform: Q&A for Business Owners (April 2010)

  • 1. Healthcare Reform: Q&A For Business Owners Presented by Damon Thompson
  • 2. Damon Thompson • Graduated from Austin College in 1979. • Immediately began working with business owners for their insurance needs. • Began working with G&A Partners as they began to develop their independent insurance agency with the focus of helping business owners identify and mitigate risks.
  • 3. 10 Year Financial cost & Individuals with Coverage • In very round numbers – Gross Cost $2,500,000,000,000 (t) – New Revenue $1,500,000,000,000 (t) – Net Cost $1,000,000,000,000 (t) • 95% covered when fully implemented – Population 300,000,000 – Covered 285,000,000 – Non-covered 15,000,000
  • 4. The 100 year timeline • Pre 1929 – Some in society believe in healthcare should be provided by the Federal Government – Some in society believe in healthcare is not among the powers granted to the Federal Government by States • 1929 – The stock market crash • Post 1929 – The decade long Great Depression • 1933 – President Roosevelt – The passage of the body of law which started Social Security – Just prior to placing the bill up for a vote federally provided healthcare was removed because the cost would have been too great • WWII years – President Roosevelt – Employers ask for and receive the ability pay to pay for health insurance and deduct the cost as an ordinary and necessary business expense • Early 1960s – President Johnson – The Great Society and the beginning of Medicare • 1992 – President Clinton – Healthcare reform does not materialize • 2010 – President Obama – Healthcare reform does materialize • 2010, 2011,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016,2017,2018,2019
  • 5. Prior to March 23, 2010 • If you currently provide benefits and you like what you have, you can keep it. • Employers are not required to offer benefits.
  • 6. As of March 23, 2010 • If you currently provide benefits and you like what you have, you can keep it... • until further notice is given. • If you don’t currently provide benefits, you aren’t required to… • until further notice is given. • Ultimately the law requires the individual to secure coverage (except for Congressional Members and their Staff, illegal aliens, certain religious groups)
  • 8. 2010 Timeline • Current benefits are grandfathered however you must keep the same benefits unless part of a collective bargaining contract • If a change is made after 3-23-2010 but before Federally stipulated benefits are outlined we don’t know if grandfathering will apply to those contracts
  • 9. 2010 Timeline • Reimbursement for early retiree expenses until 2014 if you have retiree age 55-64 • If <25 employees AND <$50K annual payroll AND employer contributes at least 50% of employee premium, THEN employer receives a 35% tax credit for premiums spent • September 2010 – Section 105h compliance for ALL plans – Unlimited annual and lifetime policy limits – Coverage for dependents to age 26 – All emergency paid as in-network – Insurance companies must cover pre-ex <age 19 children • November 2, 2010 Congressional Elections
  • 10. 2010 Timeline • December 2010 – H.S.A. ineligible distributions taxed at 20% vs. 10% – Preventive care except for grandfathered plans – Free immunizations, screenings from the Federal task force (except for Sept. 2010 mammogram statement) – Credit of 50% of premium if employer contributes 50% of premium, has less than 25 employees and average salary is under $50,000 – $2.3 billion new tax on drug companies retro to 2009 sales. (apportionment) – Insurance companies can cancel policy only for fraud
  • 12. 2011 Timeline • W-2 to include cost of benefits (not H.S.A. contributions) • Minimum Loss rations for <100 ee groups is 80% • Minimum Loss rations for >100 ee groups is 85% • Insurance company refunds premium on profitable accounts • Insurance company eats the losses on non- profitable accounts • This is on an account basis, not the aggregate book of accounts insured by an insurance company • Pretax spending accounts - over the counter medications are no longer eligible
  • 13. 2011 Timeline • January 2011 – Creation of a safe-harbor cafeteria plan – Creation of CLASS, Government sponsored and employee paid Long Term Care plan with automatic enrollment (must decline if not wanted) • March 2011 – Federal study begins to determine if legislation is encouraging employers to move to self-insured plans – Federal study begins to determine the levels of coverage within self-insured plans – Summary of benefits must be provided at time of application and upon delivery of insurance contract to each employee. Summary must be less than 4 pages and at least in an 8 point font, additionally it must be written in "culturally linguistically appropriate manner"
  • 15. 2012 Timeline • Expanded 1099 reporting, possibly monthly vs. annually • New $2.00 per employee per year tax to fund Outcome Based Research
  • 16. New Presidential Term Begins (from the 2012 election) Changes in 2013
  • 17. 2013 Timeline • Flexible Spending Account maximum contribution: $2,500 • 1040 tax medical deduction threshold increases to 10% of AGI from 7.5% • Salary & Deferred compensation caps on insurance executives • New Taxes • New 2.3% tax on medical device manufactures ($2 billion) • 0.9% increase in the Medicare tax for high wage earners • 3.8% tax on unearned income for AGI over $200k single $250 joint. These triggers are not indexed to CPI (or anything else) • Employer must tell employees about the health insurance exchange that begin in 2014
  • 19. 2014 Timeline • No more grandfathering of contracts – Guaranteed issue of insurance contracts with no dollar limits on medical conditions existing prior to the date of application • Premiums become community rated – Geography and family size are no longer allowed as variables – Age & tobacco are only variables – Age - 3:1 ratio, Tobacco - 1.5:1 ratio. • The Essential Plan requirements are established – Each State must create an Exchange to include the government plan. If States do not create an exchange the government will create and run one on their behalf
  • 20. 2014 Timeline • New tax on private health insurance premiums taxed to the insurance company – 2014: $ 8,000,000,000 – 2015: $11,300,000,000 – 2016: $13,900,000,000 – 2017: $14,300,000,000 – 2018: indexed thereafter
  • 21. 2014 Timeline Free Ride Penalty (in case an employer opts out) IF employer has 50+ employees (including any seasonal) and at least one employee purchases their insurance on the exchange and the employee qualifies for a federal tax credit to help pay premium THEN an employer tax is triggered in the amount of $2,000 per year for every employee in excess of 30 employees or $3,000 for each employee securing coverage through the exchange. The hours worked by all part-time employees are aggregated into Full Time Equivalents for the purpose of calculating the tax.
  • 22. 2014 Timeline Waiting period for new employees can not exceed 90 days (1st of the month after 60 days of full time employment will work)
  • 23. 2014 Timeline Employer reporting and enrollment requirements The months during the year for which coverage is available The length of any waiting period to enter the health care plan The monthly premium for the lowest cost health care option offered The employer’s share of the total cost of benefits provided The option for which the employer pays the largest portion of the cost and the portion of the cost paid by the employer in each of the enrollment categories under that option The number of full-time employees for each month of the calendar year The name, address and tax ID number of each full-time employee and the months each employee was covered under the plan Automatic Enrollment of employees for employers with 200+ full- time employees
  • 24. New Presidential Term Begins (from the 2016 election) 2017
  • 26. 2018 Timeline • The Infamous Cadillac Tax – Originally scheduled to begin after the 2012 Presidential election – Now scheduled to begin after the 2016 Presidential election – Interesting bit of information (in round numbers) – Stated cost of the Healthcare plan over 10 years – 2.5 trillion dollars of cost – 2.5 trillion dollars of new taxes if all Cadillac plans taxed – 2.0 trillion dollars of new taxes if only union Cadillac plans taxed – 0.5 trillion dollars of new taxes if only non-union Cadillac plans taxed
  • 27. 2018 Timeline • If the tax is triggered, the tax is 40% of the value of the premiums exceeding the threshold and the tax is paid by the insurance company • Single coverage threshold is $10,200+ • Family coverage threshold is $27,500+ • What premiums are included in the calculation? – actual premiums for medical, dental, vision for integrated plans (if dental and vision is written on a free standing basic premium is excluded) – the value of amounts paid out of F.S.A. and H.S.A. withdrawals to pay for medical procedures • What premiums are not included in the calculation? – premiums for Disability, Long Term Care, accident or specified disease policies
  • 28. Stay tuned as Congress will be meeting between now and then 2019