Health Care Reform Seminar – An Initial Overview

October 8, 2010
10:00 a.m. – 3:20 p.m.
4.00 MCLE hours
Presented by Illinois State Bar Association Section on Employee Benefits
ISBA Chicago Regional Office
20 S. Clark St, Suite 900


This seminar offers a comprehensive overview of today’s health care reform, as well as a general outline of the health care reform as it will be 2014 – 2018. Topics include grandfathered plans; retiree reinsurance; pre-existing condition exclusions; summary of coverage; individual subsidies; tax on high-cost plans; employer provisions; and much more!

Program Coordinator/Moderator:
F. Richard Skweres, Lewis, Overbeck & Furman LLP, Chicago


Agenda
10:00 a.m. – 12:10 p.m. Health Care Reform: 2010 – 2013
This segment provides a comprehensive overview of the near-term effects of the health care reform. Topics include: grandfathered plans, retiree reinsurance, auto-enrollment, small business tax credits, quality of care reporting, summary of coverage, and much more. There will be a 10-minute break provided throughout this segment.
Andy R. Anderson, Morgan Lewis, Chicago
Steven Haugen, Regional Director, Employee Benefits Security Administration, Chicago

12:10 – 1:10 p.m. Lunch (on your own)

1:10 – 3:20 p.m. Health Care Reform: 2014 – 2018
This segment examines the projected changes to health care in the years 2014 – 2018. Topics include: plan design changes; individual mandate (with penalty for non-compliance); individual subsidies; employer provisions; health insurance exchange; tax on high cost plans; and much more. There will be a 10-minute break provided throughout this segment.
Chris Condeluci, Formerly Senate Finance Committee, Washington, D.C.
Robert A. Michalak, Schuyler Roche & Crisham P.C., Chicago