Many employers view the rollout of the new federal health law as a headache.

But for the managers at television and film production companies, and many other entertainment industry employers, the arrival of the new Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is even worse.

That's because the production companies run complicated, constantly mutating collages of companies that may employ a combination of a few true, "permanent," full-time staffers, along with a combination of temps, freelancers and outside vendors.

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Allison Bell

Allison Bell, a senior reporter at ThinkAdvisor and BenefitsPRO, previously was an associate editor at National Underwriter Life & Health. She has a bachelor's degree in economics from Washington University in St. Louis and a master's degree in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. She can be reached through X at @Think_Allison.