A traditional Medicare out-of-pocket (OOP) cap could reduce beneficiaries’ costs but increase annual federal spending by $39 billion to $96 billion.
|Articles|August 1, 2012
Employers Move to Adapt to Health Law
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Two major provisions of the health-overhaul law take effect Wednesday, testing employers' ability to adapt to changes the measure mandates.
The law requires employers to distribute millions of dollars in insurance-company refunds to workers whose plans spent a high percentage of their premium dollars on administrative expenses instead of medical care.
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