Health Care Reform Essentials for Businesses - page 7

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1:
Amarketplace is aweb
portal tobuy and sell
benefits.
4:
Tax subsidies areonly
available through the
stateand federal Health
InsuranceMarketplace.
2:
TheHealth Insurance
Marketplacewill beopen
for small businesses and
individuals toenroll on
October 1, 2013.
5:
“Silver” or 70/30 coverage
will be thebenchmark
for the stateand federal
Health Insurance
Marketplace.
3:
Privatemarketplaces
generallyprovide cost-
controllingoptions for
businesses of
all sizes.
6:
Marketplaces affirm the
importanceof employee
education.
7:
Voluntaryproducts
workwithmajormedical
coverage toprovidean
essential safety net.
Important FactsAbout theHealth InsuranceMarketplace7
The Health Insurance Marketplace (also called an exchange) is a key provision of the
Affordable Care Act (ACA). Our experts have compiled a list of key details business
leaders need to understand about marketplaces and the impact they will have on
employer-sponsoredbenefits in2014.