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Despite efforts to defund PPACA in the Republican-controlled House, and prospects of a Supreme Court test for the federal health reform law, employers are forging ahead as best they can with short-term compliance issues and long-term strategic decisions.
That was one of the take-aways from a presentation by Cara Jareb, a senior consulting actuary at Towers Watson, at a Washington Area Compensation and Benefits Association conference Feb. 17.
Koster is a Los Angeles-based freelance writer and former Employee Benefit News online managing editor.
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