Federal regulators have delayed
indefinitely a health-care overhaul requirement that employers notify employees
in writing by March 1 about the availability of public health insurance
exchanges, Business Insurance reported. Regulators cited several reasons for
delaying the reporting requirement, including the intent to set a date that
would give employers more time and to coordinate more closely with exchanges'
open enrollment. Employers should now expect that the notices will be
distributed in late summer or fall, which would coordinate with the Oct. 1
starting date for the exchanges' open enrollment. Read
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