Enrollment

Immediate actions driven by PPACA may have subsided, but many employers are providing options to better suit employees needs.

In the first three months of 2014, 18.4 percent of adults under age 65 lacked health insurance, down from 20.4 percent last year.

As many as 400 people among 2,500 who signed up for a Sept 10 job fair in Atlantic City asked about enrolling in health coverage under PPACA.

While the [Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act]s public marketplaces are expected to see rapid early growth, the shift to retail-style private exchanges may be more of a steady trickle, PwC says.

The exchanges began offering the update to some SEP applicants during the summer.

So while the Senate casts a meaningless, however principled, vote, federal spending could balloon by as much as $120 billion back in the real world.