Today, I received this important piece of information: 

“On February 9, 2012, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight (CCIIO) issued its final rule regarding the Summary of Benefits and Coverage provision.  

The rule and accompanying guidance provide detailed instructions about what insurers and health plans must do to comply with Section 2715 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA).  The penalty for “willful” non-compliance is $1,000 per employee for each failure to comply.”

Many of the requirements set forth in the HHS proposed rule published August 21, 2011 continue to stand. The SBC must be provided in a consistent, four double-sided-page format with 12-point font.

Yep, that’s right.  Our government is concerned with the style and size of fonts used to publish a list of “services” that we are required by Obamacare to offer our employees.  We are running a $15 trillion dollar deficit, yet we have paid bureaucrats with nothing better to do than to dictate font size and printing style on insurance forms. 

Now you know why the cost of governing every aspect of our life, including font sizing, never goes down.

 Thanks for reading,

 Rich Hassert

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