1) Health Care Reform
Key Points
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2) Individual Implications
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Individual mandate to have health insurance
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Penalties applies if NO health insurance
2014 - $95 per person or 1% of income;
• 2015 - $325 per person or 2% of income;
• 2016 - $695 per person or 2.5% of income
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High wage earners (MFJ > $250,000, Single >
$200,000)
Medicare payroll tax (.9%)
• Net investment income tax (3.8%)
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3) 2013 Provisions
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Medicare tax for high wage earners (.9%)
Net investment income tax for high wage
earners (3.8%)
Medical device excise tax
Improving preventive health coverage
Medical itemized deductions increases from
7.5% to 10%
Limitation on health flexible savings accounts
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4) Health Care Reform
Impact on Business
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5) Employer’s Key Number Is
≥
50
= Applicable Large
Employer and subject to
penalties
≤
Full-time Equivalent Employees
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50
= Small Employer and
NOT subject to penalties
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6) Full-time Equivalent Employees
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Employed an average of 50 full-time equivalent
employees in the previous calendar year
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Full-time employees include all employees who work on
average at least 30 hours per week (monthly test is if they
work 130 hours or more hours per month).
Full-time equivalents include adding your part-time
employees (those who work less than 30 hours per week)
and your seasonal employees.
Analysis is done on a monthly basis
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7) Large Employer (> 50) NOT Offering Insurance
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Employers NOT offering health insurance:
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A penalty of $2,000 per year/per FT employee (and
seasonal employees the month they work full-time)
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Exempts the first 30 employees from computation
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Example: 100 employees and one goes to an Exchange and
receives a subsidy
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Penalty = (100-30) x $166.67 = $11,667/month
• $140,000 annually
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Triggered on all full-time employees if one full-time employee
goes to the exchange and receives a subsidy
Penalty is NOT tax deductible
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8) Large Employer ( > 50) Offering Insurance
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Potential $3,000 penalty if employer OFFERS
health insurance – must pass 2 tests!
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Subsidy eligibility based on unaffordable or
inadequate insurance
Unaffordable = Employee insurance premiums exceeding
9.5% of HHI (Safe Harbor created for employers – single plan
premiums paid by employee cannot exceed 9.5% of wages)
• Inadequate = Insurance policy less than 60% of actuarial value
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A penalty of $3,000 per year/per FT employee who goes
to the marketplace and receives an exchange subsidy
• Capped by the amount of penalty for not offering
insurance coverage
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9) Health Care Reform – Employers
50 Full-time Employees
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Calculate your full-time employees
Calculate your (part-time and seasonal) FTEs
Add the two numbers in steps 1 and 2
Add up the 12 monthly numbers in 3 and divide by 12
If less than 50, not applicable large employer
If more than or equal to 50, greater than 120 days?
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10) Health Care Reform – Employers
Example 1
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XYZ Company had 40 full-time employees who
worked 173 hours per month all year. XYZ also had
25 part-time employees who worked 87 hours per
month all year. XYZ has 58 full-time equivalents
calculated as follows:
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40 full-time
25 EEs * 87/month/120 = 18.13
total FTE = 40 + 18.13 = 58 FTE
XYZ would be an applicable large employer
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11) Health Care Reform – Employers
Example 2
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XYZ Company had 49 full-time employees who
worked 173 hours per month all year. XYZ also had
25 seasonal employees who worked 173 hours per
month for 2 months. XYZ has 49 full-time equivalents
calculated as follows:
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Full-time employees is 49 for 10 months and 74 for
2 months. So for 12 months there was an average of
53 full-time employees for each month.
The number is greater than 50, but the workforce for XYZ
exceeded 50 full-time employees for less than 120 days
(only 2 months) so not an applicable large employer.
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12) Health Care Reform – Employers
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40% excise tax on “Cadillac” health plans ($10,200
for individual, $27,500 for family) – Starts 2018
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Expanded coverage for children under 27
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Effective 2010
Value of employee sponsored health plans on
W-2’s – effective after December 31, 2012
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Employers who issue more than 250 W-2’s
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13) Employer Penalties
Employer subject to Penalty for:
EE Category
Included in
FT equivalent
calc?
Not offering
minimum
essential
coverage?
Offering minimum
essential coverage
but not affordable
or adequate?
Full-time
Yes
Yes
Yes
Part-time
Yes
No
No
Seasonal,
working full-time
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Seasonal,
working part-time
Yes
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14) Controlled Group Provisions
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Internal Revenue Codes 1563 and 414;
Parent – Subsidiary – 80% rule;
Brother/Sister corporations – 50% stock;
Combined Group
Section 801 Certain Insurance Companies
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15) Subsidy Factors
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Current Employer coverage results in NO employees eligible
for an exchange subsidy as coverage is deemed affordable:
Affordability < 9.5%
Qualified Health Plan
(Actuarial Value) =
Safe harbor affordability is based
on single-only coverage and the
employee’s W-2 pay.
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Test is plan actuarial
value has to be greater
than 60%.
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16) Subsidy Factors – with Spousal Income
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The following chart shows the breakdown of subsidy-eligible based
on no employer sponsored insurance:
9 , 7%
Household Income as a % of
Federal Poverty Level
3 , 2%
Medicaid
Large Subsidy Eligible
65 , 48%
59 , 43%
Small Subsidy Eligible
No Subsidy Eligible
Income Level
Premium as a % of Income
Up to 133% FPL
2% of income
133 – 150% FPL
4% of income
150 – 200% FPL
6.3% of income
200 – 250% FPL
8.05% of income
250 – 300% FPL
9.5% of income
300 – 400% FPL
9.5% of income
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17) Employer Checklist for 2013-2015
2013
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FSA limit of $2,500
Medicare taxes for highincome
Notification of state
marketplaces to employees
Women’s health prevention
coverage
W-2 reporting of health
insurance (greater than 250)
2014
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Individual mandate
Automatic enrollment
Minimum essential benefits
Insurance reforms
Marketplace education
Increased wellness rewards
cap
2015
• Employer shared responsibility
• 6055 & 6056 Tax Forms
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18) Non-discrimination in Insured Health Plans
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Non-grandfathered insured group health plans that impermissibly
discriminate in favor of highly compensated employees face significant
liability under new rules.
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Relates to the 1986 Tax Law – Internal Revenue Code (IRC) Section
105(h)(2).
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Prohibition on discrimination in favor of highly compensated individuals.
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Effective date for plan years beginning after ___________?
(waiting for final guidance).
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The penalty for plans will have an excise tax of $100 per day for the plan
per person discriminated against, with a maximum penalty of
$500,000!
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19) Health Insurance Exchanges
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Public versus Private?
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What is an marketplace?
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Marketplace for individuals and small businesses to
purchase insurance
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Different health plans (Metallic levels), compare different
plans
Participation?
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Small employers – 2014
Individuals – 2014
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20) Questions?
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21) Thank You
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