Resources for Your Business: Preparing for the Health Reform Law
- The Coverage or Penalty Chart helps a business determine if it has to offer coverage and/or pay a penalty due to the employer mandate.
- The Added Costs Table highlights the revenue provisions of the law, the effective date, and the revenue impact (PDF).
- The Workplace Wellness page includes the Chamber’s Workplace Wellness Toolkit to help employers set up a workplace wellness program.
- The Press Room and Video pages provide recent news and video coverage of how the PPACA is affecting the business community.
- The FAQ page offers in-depth answers and definitions to help businesses navigate the employer mandate.
The Employer Mandate: Coverage or Penalty?
The employer mandate, which takes effect in January 2015, will be the first time that a federal mandate requires employers to offer prescribed health care coverage or potentially face a penalty (see the Coverage or Penalty Chart).
The U.S. Chamber on Health Care Reform:
 | THE HEALTH CARE LAW: TAXES, ELIMINATION OF DEDUCTION, AND NEW FEES This table highlights the revenue provisions of the law, the effective date, and the revenue impact. |
 | This chart can help you determine if your business has to offer coverage and/or pay a penalty. |
 | Access videos from Thomas Donohue, the President and CEO of the Chamber, small business member Mary Miller, CEO of Jancoa Janitorial Services, following her testimony before Congress on the business impact on the health care reform law, and the Chamber’s event Controlling Costs: The Price of Good Health. |
