More Health-Law Changes Coming in 2013

The Wall Street Journal published an article titled: "More Health-Law Changes Coming in 2013". The article listed the following 5 changes that will come about in the year 2013. They are as follows:

1. Higher Premiums
• 13% of companies planning to raise their employees contributions by 5% or more.
• Insurers give rebates to consumers if the insurers spend less that 80% of premiums on medical care.
• In 2012, 13 million consumers got rebates worth $1.1 billion dollars
  
2. Straightforward Summaries
• Easy-to-read descriptions of how the plan works.
• What it covers and doesn't cover - no fine print.
• New glossary of insurance words that you may not understand
  
3. FSA Limits
• $2,500 is the maximum you can put in a flexible spending account.
• FSA are tax free money that you can use to pay qualified out-of-pocket expenses for 
• Examples: copayments for doctor visits or prescriptions
• If you don't use the full amount that you put aside, you will lose that money.
  
4. Dependent Coverage
• Children up to age 26 can stay on their parents' policies
  
5. Higher Spending Cap
• This year (2013), the spending cap is $2 million
• In 2012, the spending cap was $1.25
• In 2014 the spending cap will go away entirely.

To view the full article, please click the following link: More Health-Law Changes Coming in 2013

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