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How To Find A Qualified Caregiver For Your Aging Parent

<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Healthcare<i> <&sol;i>Laws and regulations<i> for <&sol;i>Business employers<i> <&sol;i>have become<i> vastly <&sol;i>more difficult<i> over just the past <&sol;i>three years<i>&period; <&sol;i>As the<i> Affordable Care Act &lpar;Obamacare&rpar; provisions <&sol;i>have come<i> into play year by year&comma; <&sol;i>companies<i> are <&sol;i>discovering<i> themselves having to make <&sol;i>adjustments<i> to their <&sol;i>businesses<i> <&sol;i>to lower<i> <&sol;i>the charges<i> that the many new healthcare regulations <&sol;i>impose<i> on<&sol;i>managers<i>&period;<&sol;i><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Now that<i> 2014 has <&sol;i>come<i>&comma; <&sol;i>the bulk of<i> <&sol;i>the newest<i> <&sol;i>rules<i> <&sol;i>have recently<i> <&sol;i>entered into<i> effect&period; While a <&sol;i>complete<i> <&sol;i>write-up on<i> the law<&sol;i>is way<i> outside the <&sol;i>scope<i> of this article&comma; <&sol;i>I will<i> <&sol;i>tackle<i> <&sol;i>some of the most<i> <&sol;i>important<i> items of <&sol;i>issue<i> for <&sol;i>business employers<i>&period;<&sol;i><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">For businesses<i> that employ <&sol;i>under<i> 50 people full-time&comma; no <&sol;i>insurance<i> is required to be <&sol;i>furnished by<i> the <&sol;i>business<i> by law&period; Likewise&comma; for <&sol;i>firms<i> of between 50 and 99 full-time <&sol;i>staff members<i>&comma; the <&sol;i>insurance policy coverage<i> requirement is suspended untilJanuary 1&comma; 2016&comma; upon which date <&sol;i>they are going to<i> be <&sol;i>expected to<i> <&sol;i>supply the<i> <&sol;i>insurance policy coverage<i>&period; <&sol;i>Companies<i> with 100 or more full-time <&sol;i>staff members are<i> <&sol;i>instructed to<i> provide <&sol;i>insurance policy coverage<i> for at least 70 percent of them by 2015&period; No<&sol;i>company<i> is required by law to provide <&sol;i>insurance coverage<i> for their part-time <&sol;i>staff members<i>&period;<&sol;i><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2966" alt&equals;"How To Find A Qualified Caregiver For Your Aging Parent" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;medusamagazine&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;02&sol;Medical-Laws-and-Regulations-For-Businesses&period;jpg" width&equals;"540" height&equals;"619" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Healthcare coverage has to be<i> <&sol;i>viewed as<i> affordable&comma; which is <&sol;i>presently<i> defined as costing 9&period;5 percent of <&sol;i>family<i> income or less&period; Full-time <&sol;i>staff members<i> who <&sol;i>pay out<i> more than 9&period;5 percent of their <&sol;i>family<i> income for their <&sol;i>protection<i> <&sol;i>are eligible for<i> a tax credit <&sol;i>to lessen their<i> healthcare <&sol;i>costs<i>&period; The <&sol;i>insurance<i> must also be considered <&sol;i>complete<i>&comma; which <&sol;i>means<i> it must <&sol;i>pay for<i> at<&sol;i>minimum<i> 60&percnt; of the covered healthcare <&sol;i>costs<i>&period;<&sol;i><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Penalties are evaluated<i> <&sol;i>on the grounds<i> of the number of full-time <&sol;i>personnel<i> in the <&sol;i>enterprise<i>&period; The penalty for a <&sol;i>business<i> that’s required to <&sol;i>offer<i> healthcare <&sol;i>insurance<i> and doesn’t is &dollar;2&comma;000 per full-time <&sol;i>employee<i>&period; In addition&comma; <&sol;i>staff members<i> who <&sol;i>receive the<i>tax credit cost their <&sol;i>corporations<i> &dollar;3&comma;000 per head&period;<&sol;i><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">While there have been<i> many <&sol;i>organizations<i> in the U&period;S&period; who <&sol;i>offer<i> health <&sol;i>insurance policy coverage<i> for their <&sol;i>staff<i> <&sol;i>prior to<i> the Affordable Care Act&comma; the enactment of the law changes everything&period; The <&sol;i>extent<i> to which this is a good or bad thing <&sol;i>is determined by<i> who you ask&period; On one hand&comma; the law means that full-time <&sol;i>staff members<i> will be <&sol;i>guaranteed<i> a basic minimum of health <&sol;i>coverage<i>&comma; but on the other hand&comma; the <&sol;i>significant<i> increase in cost and <&sol;i>complexness<i> to <&sol;i>businesses<i> could amount to a major blow to the economy&period;<&sol;i><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Already&comma; there are businesses<i> announcing rounds of layoffs so that they can get their <&sol;i>staff<i> count under 50 to be exempt from the <&sol;i>insurance<i> requirements&period; Others have <&sol;i>cut<i> the hours of their pull-time <&sol;i>workforce<i>&comma; effectively turning them into part-time<&sol;i>personnel<i>&comma; because they’re not require to pay <&sol;i>insurance coverage<i> for part-timers&period; In addition&comma; because health <&sol;i>insurance<i> is so<&sol;i>costly<i>&comma; even under the Affordable Care Act&comma; some <&sol;i>recruiters<i> may opt to pay the fees of &dollar;2&comma;000 per full-time <&sol;i>employee<i> rather than <&sol;i>supply the<i> <&sol;i>insurance<i>&period; This may seem like a petty thing to do&comma; but a lot of these <&sol;i>corporations<i> <&sol;i>run on<i> <&sol;i>narrow<i> margins&comma; and if providing coverage costs even &dollar;1&comma;000 more than pay the fee&comma; it may make sense for some to pay the fee&period;<&sol;i><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; 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