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Under the new health care reform law, grandfathered health plans will be able to make routine changes to their policies and maintain their status. There are however specific changes that would cause these plans to lose their grandfathered status.

Employers need to maintain a long-term view of changes as a result of health care reform.

The survey conducted by Harris Interactive on behalf of Unum showed in 2008, 39 percent of workers gave their benefits education positive ratings. In 2009, that number dropped to 29 percent.

Without this federal assistance, Families USA reports health insurance premiums will skyrocket to an average of $1,107 a month for unemployed families.

HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced this week that $51 million in grant money through the Affordable Care Act is now available to states to strengthen oversight of insurance premiums and rate hikes.

Enrollment for most leading U.S. health insurers continued to decline through 2009, according to a new study.

Almost 1 million employers, or 19 percent, plan to extend health care coverage to their employees' adult children before they're required to do so next year, according to new research from Hewitt Associates.