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Some of the provisions of the Affordable Care Act, or health care law, apply only to small employers, generally those with fewer than 50 full-time employees, including full-time equivalent employees.
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If you have fewer than 50 employees, but are a thành viên of a group with a certain level of common or related ownership with 50 or more full-time employees, including full-time equivalent employees, you are subject to the rules for large employers.
Here are the responsibilities and benefits for small employers under the health care law:
Coverage
You can purchase insurance through the Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP). Learn more HealthCare.gov.
Reporting
- You
must withhold and report an additional 0.9 percent on employee wages or compensation that exceeds $200,000.You may be required to
report the value of the health insurance coverage you provided to each employee on his or her Form W-2.If you provide self-insured health coverage to your employees, you
must file an annual return reporting certain information for each employee you cover.
Payments & Credits
- You may be eligible for the Small Business Health Care Tax Credit if you cover least 50 percent of your full-time employee's premium costs and you
have fewer than 25 full-time equivalent employees. See the Small Business Health Care Tax Credit Estimator.If you self-insure, you may be required to pay a fee to help fund the
Patient-centered Outcomes Research Trust Fund.
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Page Last Reviewed or Updated: 29-Jul-2022
Frequently Asked Questions on Health Insurance & Related Additional Information
FAQs
Who is a small employer?
Is every employee eligible for coverage?
Can the insurance company charge a higher rate because of age?
What are the minimum participation and employer contributions requirements?
What activities are small employer insurance companies or insurance agents prohibited from doing?
Additional Related Information on Health Insurance for Small Employers
COBRA and state continuation health coverage for employers
COBRA Continuation Coverage Assistance under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
Who is a small employer?
Generally it is an employer with least two but not more than 50 employees. The exact definition is any person, firm, corporation, partnership or association actively engaged in business which on an average of its working days during the preceding year, employed no more than 50 and no less than two employees and who employs least two employees on the first day of the plan year.
In determining the number of employees, companies which are affiliated companies or which are eligible to file a combined tax return for purposes of state taxation are considered to be one employer.
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Is every employee eligible for coverage?It depends upon who the employer wants to cover. The insurance company must offer coverage to any employee who works on a permanent basis and has a normal work week of 30 or more hours.
The term includes any sole proprietor, any partner and any independent contractor, if the sole proprietor, partner or independent contractor is included as an employee under a health benefit plan of a small employer, but does not include any employee who works less than 30 hours or on a temporary or substitute basis.
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Can the insurance company charge a higher rate because of age?Yes, insurance companies can vary the premiums based upon the age of the employee or dependent. However, the premium rates for an individual covered in a small employer plan may not vary because of age alone by a factor of more than 3:1. Therefore, the lowest age premium and highest age premium cannot be more than three times one another.
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What are the minimum participation and employer contributions requirements?A small employer carrier may vary application of minimum participation requirements and minimum employer contribution requirements only by the size of the small employer group or by the class of business. In all other respects, the required percentages should be the same for all small employers.
In applying minimum participation requirements, a small employer carrier may consider employees or dependents who have creditable coverage in determining whether the applicable percentage of participation is met.
If any employee or dependent with other creditable coverage is to be considered towards calculating the applicable percentage of participation, the employee or dependent shall be counted as participating in the plan.
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What activities are small employer insurance companies or insurance agents prohibited from doing?No small employer insurance company or insurance agent may, directly or indirectly, engage in the following activities:
Encouraging or directing small employers to refrain from filing an application for coverage with the small employer insurance company because of the health status, claim experience, industry, occupation or geographic location of the small employer; or
Encouraging or directing small employers to seek coverage from antihero carrier because of the health status, claims experience, industry, occupation or geographic location of the small employer.
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