Although they're certain the upheld health care overhaul will add to already rising health benefits costs, benefits managers are breathing a sigh of relief that the Supreme Court decided to leave much of health care reform intact.
Karen Vujtech, an HR disciplines expertise panelist for the Society for Human Resource Management, says employers were afraid that a partial or complete overturn would have likely thrown health care for the next year or two into total "disarray and chaos."
"While [HR professionals] and employers may not have loved the law, they were very concerned about the chaos that any overturn of either part or all the law would have caused for all the work that they've already been putting in over the last couple of years to be ready for the changes," Vujtech said Thursday.
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