Affordable Health Care Law

[mrs.b]

Just asking...how is everyone being affected by the Affordable Health Care Act?
My insurance @ work is going up $140.00 per month. :ack:
So I guess it's only affordable if you don't use it!

Not at all for me as an employee. I work for a large'ish company that's pretty employee-friendly. They're absorbing the employer expenses rather than passing them on in premium increases, and our three offered policy options already met (and far surpassed) all the standards set by the Act. Our premiums will go up 5% on Jan. 1, which is pretty standard from year to year. The policy itself is largely unchanged (only one change that comes to mind, and it works in our favor for a policy improvement).

As the HR rep at my location, I've fielded approximately 5,482,912 questions from our employees who were confused by literature received in the mail that made them think they HAD to go sign up at Healthcare.gov, so it's been a pain in my tush explaining 5,482,912 times and mentioning 12 times in our various Open Enrollment meetings that they only need to do that if they a) have waived our coverage and are not covered elsewhere, or b) want to shop alternatives (of which our policy is considerably cheaper and better than what's offered on the Exchange).