Plan Sponsor has a weekly feature to help plan sponsors understand what they need to do to prepare for the impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). Groom principals, Christy Tinnes and Brigen Winters, serve as the health care reform experts and field weekly questions regarding the new law. The weekly questions are compiled and published each month in the “Second Opinon” column in Plan Sponsor Magazine.

Many of the insurance market reform provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) are effective for plan years starting after September 23, 2010. Please see the attached article for further information.