Provisions in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (PPACA) that have attracted little attention up till now could give health insurers and employers incentives to reduce the number of products and plan options they offer.
Other provisions could give employers new incentives to prefer part-time employees over full-time employees, and seasonal employees over year-round employees.
Health policy watchers have included those thoughts in Web seminars presented in response to the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling upholding a PPACA provision that could prod many individuals to own a minimum level of health coverage starting in 2014.
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Allison Bell
Allison Bell, a senior reporter at ThinkAdvisor and BenefitsPRO, previously was an associate editor at National Underwriter Life & Health. She has a bachelor's degree in economics from Washington University in St. Louis and a master's degree in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. She can be reached through X at @Think_Allison.
