With President Barack Obama’s re-election bringing an end to any meaningful near-term attempts to overturn health care reform, the industry must prepare for a compliance-heavy year ahead with clients, and plan for internal change as well.
Many employers had been waiting for the Supreme Court’s June decision on the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act before working on a strategy for compliance – and a July Mercer survey found an additional 16% were waiting until after the presidential election to take action.
