Communicating Health Care Reform Act Changes

Q: We would like to hear from you! We'd like to know how BEDC Member Companies are communicating to their employees about the PPACA (Recently passed Healthcare Reform Act).

• Are you pushing relevant information out, proactively, in the form of Q&A's or FAQ's?
• Are you responding to employees, only if or as questions arise?
• Are you planning to wait to communicate relevant changes with your new plan year communications [i.e. Open Enrollment]?
• Are you taking a "wait and see" approach and not addressing anything at this time?

I'll gladly accept any other comments or responses you'd like to share with the group.

A: Thank for your input on the Health Care Reform survey questions last week.
17 companies responded. The response was fairly evenly split between proactive/one on one messaging and a wait and see/wait for OE approach.
Of those who responded, many were eager for the results, so I hope you will find this information valuable as you determine your own communications approach.
The breakdown:
Open Enrollment: 2
Wait & See: 7
Proactive: 5
Respond: 1 on 1/OE 3