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The subject of insurance and how heavily the government can mandate it or not mandate it is a constant struggle in politics. There is always the question of “what kind of relationship should the government have with its people and what role should it play with businesses?” Currently, a popular subject is the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) and it is challenging the boundaries by requiring people to have health insurance and requiring businesses to offer health insurance to everyone and anyone. Mandating insurance is a hot button subject in other areas too that we will discuss like auto insurance, workers’ compensation insurance, and professional malpractice insurance.

The Obama care Affordable Care Act has advantages, but the disadvantages in the favor of both the insurers and the insured play a major part in if the Affordable Care Act is for the best interest of everyone. In America, the average citizen has plenty to gain than to lose with the new insurance plans. The people on the higher spectrum ;however, will notice more negative effects of the Affordable Care Act as well as the larger businesses that will notice the financial downfall of the new insurance policy. In order to get the money to help insure most of the recipients of the health insurance plans there are new taxes, mostly on high-earners. According to Longman, Phillip, and Paul S. Hewitt, the authors of “After Obama care,” they state, “Workers with employer provided health insurance have to wound of paying this tax largely in the form of foregone wages, pensions, and other benefits.”(Longman & Hewitt 39). Many people that have worked on their jobs are satisfied with the insurance they had and with the new law they are paying more out of pocket in the end than they have before.

The first problem faced by the Americans after the health care reform entered into force, is the growth of insurance fees. Insurance companies, in order to protect themselves from the increased risk of payment for the treatment of their clients, have raised fees for their services. Therefore, many healthy citizens were against this law because they did not want to take payment for the increased risk of insurance companies. Now, there is a monopoly on the market which allows the companies to set higher prices, and the government provided them by law that all the citizens will have to buy their services. Thus, the authorities of the country provided a steady income for their insurance organizations using the citizens

The Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare, was a major overhaul to the healthcare system, affecting both employers and employees. The ACA, along with rising healthcare costs, means employers have had to make changes in their healthcare plans and as a result, employees are seeing the affects, good or bad. As Fitzgerald (2014) points out, as the ACA gets closer to full implementation, more organizations will begin backing away from providing health care coverage. Part of the problem that organizations are facing in the future is the so-called Cadillac tax. As explained by healthaffairs.org (2013), the Cadillac tax is an excise tax on high-cost insurance plans and will mostly be paid for by the organizations. The tax, beginning in 2018, is a 40% excise tax on the cost of coverage for health plans that exceed a certain annual limit (healthaffairs.org, 2013). Because of this high tax, many companies are scaling back on coverage and finding ways to shift the cost to employees (Angle, 2014). The analysis presented will describe what ACA is, the problem GMFC faces, possible options, and finally, a solution for GMFC in this case.

The tax collected would instrumental in ensuring that insurance is available to all. The dependent coverage will now include citizen between births to age twenty six. A reinsurance program will be adopted to cover early retirees. Insurers are under this title expected to provide coverage regardless of the genetic information, medical condition, domestic violence, or other health-related causes. Americans who have incomes between 100 and 400 percent of the Federal poverty line (FPL), will access tax credits of about $ 88,000 allocated to a family of four members.

Insurance companies are a business with the ultimate to goal to make more than they spend.

EMPLOYER SPONSORED INSURANCE: Any employer with more than 10 employees was required to provide them with health insurance and also to contribute a reasonable sum towards their costs or he had to pay a penalty of up to $295 per employee annually. The revenue generated through this would be used to cover costs of reform

Interest groups included, insurance companies, medical associations such as AMA and HIAA, small businesses, and unions. Insurance companies were fearful that they would be spending more money and losing a profit since they would have to cover the extra expenses of normally not covered services. Small business owners were very nervous that it would cost them more and possibly put them out of business. It would require, “that employers would have to pay 80 percent of premiums; few small employers understood that this obligation was limited to a share of payroll, ranging from 3.2 to 7.9 percent, depending on the size and average wage of a firm (Starr, 1995).” Unions wanted there to be a guarantee if coverage and not a high tax on what they

The purpose of this report is to clarify how to account for a more than 2% shareholder S Corporation Owners’ Health insurance from a payroll perspective, in light of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace reforms. Additionally, for the small business S corporation; is it possible to assist employee’s with health insurance premiums without running afoul of marketplace reforms? The internet is rampant with conflicting advice on these seemingly simple questions. The most recent guidance from the IRS (notice 2015-17) is more of a reprieve on penalties, rather than guidance. Additionally, the June 30, 2015 deadline for reprieves has passed; which has accountants and taxpayers waiting for additional “guidance” while sorting out

Some small employers may also steer their workers to the state’s insurance exchange by dropping the health insurance coverage (Coombs, 2013). While most people who receive health insurance through their employers may not be expecting any changes in their insurance coverage in 2013, reports have indicated that many companies will be seeking to avoid the large-employer responsibility by cutting down on the number of their staff or weekly working hours. Many employers are currently consulting with various insurance brokers or agents of their current insurer to plan for the future. However, looking at various provisions for the healthcare reforms, this paper describes some positive impact of the reform on businesses particularly to the small businesses.

This measure can ensure that as many propel as possible pay insurance. Also, because the U.S fiscal deficit, federal funding is very limited. Therefore, if government getting overly involved in the health care reform, that will lead to government continue financial difficulties. So, government should implementation of health care reform in the case of financial allowance. And because of the U.S government has a growing federal deficits, the U.S government should be more concern about its own financial problems

This paper will be based research, compare and contrast the early historical accounting for Postretirement Health Care and Life Insurance Benefits with the guidance / rules in place today with the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) recently issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 158 "Employers' Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans; changes to the guidance and rules that would improve the financial accounting and reporting of the benefits. Predict the significant manner in which the future of accounting for these benefits could

The health sector is among the most important sectors in the United States economy. The government has enacted certain laws that affect the corporation’s activities and the insurance industry in general. The regulation affects competition among the health insurance companies, and the insurance industry in general.

Overall, the role of health insurance as a financial channel will be mentioned. Monetary business objectives will be contrasted with the altruistic goals of health care as a humanitarian service. The benefits of shifting health care management altogether to the government will be discussed, emphasizing its positive effects on the businesses of the employers and the performances of the employees in the United States.

There is a spacious room for lemon in insurance field. The price for health insurance is not fixed, it varies based on the level of the need an applicant may require for the insurance. As in the case of elderly people over the age 65, it is well known that it is very difficult for them to get health insurance because of its high price as they certainly will need it more than other applicants. On the other hand, employees working in companies are offered health insurance as a part of the companies’ policies and regulations. This actually create more room for lemon in the insurance field and less chance for old people who need it more. This ended up with adverse selection by the insurance companies. (A.Akerlof, Aug