Play or pay: Are you ready for the new health care rules?

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Abstract: Beginning on Jan. 1, 2015, the health care act requires “large” employers to either: 1) provide “minimum essential” health care coverage to full-time employees that’s “affordable” and of at least “minimum value,” or 2) risk substantial penalties. This article offers an overview of the play-or-pay rules, noting who qualifies as a “large” employer and the financial penalties for those that choose not to provide such coverage. A sidebar explains how the act defines “affordable” and “minimum value.”