Along with many other goodies (sarcasm implied), health care reform has brought ERISA compliance to the forefront and if you are a broker or employer you better listen up.

Obama administration officials have a habit of burying interesting PPACA information in plain sight on, say, page 100 of a draft of proposed regulations implementing Section Jillionty-Zillionty-Forty-Five of PPACA Section XYZPDQ.

Conservatives blast the PPACA in general while the delay in implementation of the employer mandate is welcomed by some of the biggest names in benefits and insurance.

The company's study, covering four years of data on 600,000 employees, is designed to offer HR managers benchmarks against which implementation of PPPAC can be measured.