Townhall meeting about the implications of ACA / Obamacare
How the Affordable Care Act Affects You
- ICC Milpitas Octobar 24, 2013
- Moderator: Aditya Ullal, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System
- Jason Andrew, CEO & Founder, Stone Meadow Benefits, Silicon Valley based insurance company
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ACA Townhall - Options for small business, Jason Andrew ICC prez
1. Market Today
Small Group
Market
(2-50 employees)
Individual Health
Insurance:
Individuals can
be declined
Based on health
Guaranteed:
No one can be
declined for health
1
7+ Small
Group
Carriers
7+ individual
Carriers
2. Market > January 1, 2014
No one can be declined
In ANY market for ANY
reason
Small
Group
Market
Non Exchange
Market
(similar
to today)
7+ Small
Group
Carriers
2
SHOP
Exchange
(Covered CA)
13+ Small
Group
Carriers
Individual
Market
Income based
subsidies
10+
Individual
Carriers
3. 2014 Small business Options
Small Group
Non Exchange
Market
(like today)
Small Group
SHOP Exchange
Market
(New)
Individual
Market
‘Defined
Contribution’
Individual
Exchange
‘Subsidy’
10/27/2013
There may not be different rates for each rate area but there will be 19 rate areas. Market standardization same geo ratings, member level rating, 3:1 ratio that each carrier is mandated to include. 3:1 applies to the 21-63 age band.*Employee/employer zip code is still in question. KP advocating for employee zip.
These rates are only illustrative only. These are not the actual rates.Lets look at an example of the difference in rate structures between how we apply rates under AB1672 and the new ACA provisions. Under the current structure, there are 7 age bands and for tiers. Employee, Employee and Spouse, Employee and Child(ren) and Family. Under then new ACA provisions, rates are applied based on the number of members within a family and the actual age of each member. There is a cap on the number of under age 20 children to a maximum of three (3). Furthermore, for dependent children under 20, if there are more then three, you must rate for the three oldest children. Today, when an employee age changes the employee rate tier, we apply the new rate the first of the month following the birthdate. Under the new provisions, we can not apply the new rate until the next renewal. We will apply this consistently for both grandfathered and non-grandfathered groups.
Lets look at an example of an employee and their Family. Under the current rate structure, the rate for this family would be $1,495.00 per month. Under the new rate structure, the rate for this family would be $1,719.00. Since the rate is determined based on the actual number of members in the family, this family rate would be higher under the new Member Level Rating structure.
Now, lets take a look at another example of and employee with the same age and the same family composition. In this example, the employee only has one child under 20. In this example, the employee actually pays less then the current rate structure.