As many employers navigate their first months of compliance with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, it could be assumed that employees are enjoying the quiet before the storm – patients taking advantage of “free” preventive care visits to help offset a necessary bump to copays and other cost-sharing items, and parents enjoying the opportunity to cover their “late-bloomer” children until age 26.
Truly, most of PPACA’s early requirements were exceptionally employee friendly. Although I’ll never gain a reputation for being a cheerleader for PPACA, I certainly used it to my advantage at those October open enrollment meetings to couch the bad news regarding necessary cost-sharing hikes for the coming plan year.
