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Affordable Care Act:Small Group and Individual Plan Impact – 2014 and Beyond
Rod WiltroutState RepresentativeGuideStone Financial Resources
Your Church and Staff Insurance
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Current State of Enrollments
• 20 million covered due to PPACA
◦ 8 million enrolled in the Individual Exchange – whether state or federal
◦ 12 million covered as a result of other provisions of law 6 million covered through Medicaid
expansion 8 million covered as a result of dependent
eligibility to age 26 5 million previously ineligible due to health
or age are covered
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How much will the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) help the uninsured?
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NOTE: This assumes that all states choose to expand Medicaid eligibility up to 138% FPL by January 2014.SOURCE: Congressional Budget Office, February 2013. Total may not equal 100% due to rounding.
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11 Provisions in effect this year
• Establishment of state and federal exchange
• Pre-existing condition exclusion eliminated
• Creation of health insurance tax credits and subsidy
• Out-of-pocket expense limited
• Annual/lifetime limits eliminated
• 90 maximum waiting period
• Requirement to have insurance in place
• Wellness program incentive increase
• Coverage for those in clinical trials
• Expanded Medicaid coverage
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Individuals and Families
• Individual Shared Responsibility provision began January 1, 2014
• Most Americans must have Minimum Essential Coverage to be exempt from IM penalty
• Minimum Essential Coverage is:
◦ Coverage under certain government-sponsored plans including the exchange marketplace
◦ Employer-sponsored coverage
◦ Plans in the individual market
◦ Grandfathered health plans
◦ Other health plans (i.e. state risk pools) recognized by HHS
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Individual Mandate Penalty
2014: Greater of $95 per uninsured person or 1% of household income over the filing threshold
2015: Greater of $325 per uninsured person or 2% of household income over the filing threshold
2016: Greater of $695 per uninsured person or 2.5% of household income over the filing threshold
2017: Going forward, the penalties will be increased by the cost-of-living adjustment
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Small Group Coverage
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Small Group
• 96% of all organizations are less than 50 FTE
• Small group has no mandate to offer coverage
• Small group defined as:
◦ <50 in 2014 and 2015
◦ <100 in 2016
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Notice to Employees of Coverage Options
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http://www.guidestoneinsurance.org/HealthcareReform2/ER-Notices-Coverage-Options
When your ministry hires new employees, you must provide the appropriate Notice to them within 14 days of their start date
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Small Group
How does the ACA change the health plans small employers are offering to employees?
• Required Essential Benefits• Cost Sharing Limitations• New Rating Requirements
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Small Group
Essential Benefits – No annual or lifetime dollar limit• Ambulatory patient services
• Emergency services
• Hospitalization
• Maternity and newborn care
• Mental health and substance use disorder services
• Prescription drugs
• Rehabilitative and habilitative services and devices
• Laboratory services
• Preventive and wellness services and chronic disease management
• Pediatric services, including dental and vision care
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Small Group
Maximum out-of-pocket spending (MOOP) limits: • MOOP limits cannot exceed the out-of-pocket limit
applicable to HSA-qualified High Deductible Health Plans set annually by the government
◦ $6,350 — Individual (Increase to $6,450 in 2015)◦ $12,700 — Family (Increase to $12,900 in 2015)
• MOOP limits are an aggregate of all eligible, in-network medical and RX expense
◦ Includes co-pays, deductibles, co-insurance, and any plan penalties
• Out-of-network and non-eligible charges do not aggregate to the MOOP
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Small Group
Minimum Actuarial Plan Value
• A plan must provide 60% or greater coverage to be considered minimum value
• Creation of standard metallic benefit plans
◦ Bronze — 60%
◦ Silver — 70%
◦ Gold — 80%
◦ Platinum — 90%
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Small Group
Rating Requirements
• Before PPACA – Rates based on
◦ Group size
◦ Industry
◦ Gender
◦ Health Status
◦ 1:5/9 slope from youngest to oldest
◦ No guarantee issue
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Small Group
Rating Requirements
• After PPACA – Rates based on
◦ Age
◦ Three digit zip code
◦ Family size
◦ Modified community rating exclusively
◦ 1:3 slope from youngest to oldest
◦ Guarantee Issue
◦ Smoking habits — 150% upcharge
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Small Group
Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP)• 2014 – groups up to 50 employees
◦ One product option will be offered ◦ Online enrollment not available until November
2014◦ Must purchase through brokers, insurance
companies• Small employer tax credit only available through
SHOP Exchange• No subsidy for employees enrolled in
employer-sponsored SHOP coverage• 2016 – SHOP open to groups up to 100 employees
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Pre-Tax Premium Contributions
• Prior law allowed employer to pay employee’s individual health insurance premiums tax-free through PPP or HRA
• Technical Release 2013-03 says these arrangements fail to meet the Public Health Service Act 2711 group health plan requirement to have no annual limit
• Therefore, employers may no longer pay individual health insurance policies on a tax-free basis
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Pre-Tax Premium Contributions
• If employer terminates employer-sponsored benefits and sends employees to Exchange they can NOT reimburse the Exchange premium with tax-free contribution
• Significant penalty
• $100 a day per employee excise tax penalty
• $36K a year per employee
• Excise taxes must be paid with pre-tax dollars and are not a deductible business expense
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Section 125Cafeteria Plans
PPACA added code 125(f)(3)
• Prohibits employee who purchases Exchange coverage from running the premium through the employer’s 125 plan as a pre-tax benefit (would be double-dipping)
• The employee covered under traditional individual or group plans purchased outside the Exchange may run the premium through the employer’s 125 plan and enjoy pre-tax savings
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Bottom Line…
• An employer may not pay their employee’s individual policy premium on a tax-favored basis.
• Group policy may be paid on a tax-favored basis through the HRA or the Premium Payment Plan.
◦ Group policy does not have to be sponsored by the employer – i.e., an employee covered under a spouse’s group health plan can have the premium paid tax-free by their employer through an HRA or PPP.
• Employees can take advantage of 125 pre-tax premium savings only if their individual policy is non-exchange coverage.
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Happening Now
• 23 delays to the law
• 50 regulations in process right now
• Changes to HRA/PPP/FSA
• Delays to employer mandate
• Uninsured rate at lowest point since 2008
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On the Horizon
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Keep Informed
• Cadillac Tax – Could radically change coverage and how it is offered
• More delays and modifications to come?
• Watch for subsidy to be reduced?
• Watch for non-coverage penalty to be increased?
• Watch for PPACA to become an election year hot-potato
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Website Bookmarks
• www.guidestone.org
• Health Care Reform Section
◦ Employer Calculator
◦ Reimbursement Vehicle section
◦ Individual Mandate and Exchange sections
◦ Updated PPACA Overview
◦ Sign-up for email alerts as low continues to be modified
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January 2015 Webinars
• Your Church and Funding a Mission Trip• Your Church and Sales/Use Tax
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What Questions can I answer for You?
559 256-0858-direct line
559 287-7840 cell phone
www.csbc.com/financialmatters
Rod WiltroutChurch Finance Specialist