Ceridian Web Forum: Health Care Reform Legislation: FSAs in the Spotlight
As the U.S. Congress moves rapidly to reform American's health care system, Ceridian recognizes that, if passed, the changes currently being considered will have a significant impact on your business and your employees.
Of greatest concern are the proposed changes to the current tax-free treatment of employer-provided health insurance coverage.
These changes would curtail or eliminate the tax exclusion for medical reimbursement accounts such as Health Care Flexible Spending Accounts, adversely affecting the ability of today's working families to pay for their rising out-of-pocket health care costs.
This Ceridian Web forum, part of our ongoing 2009 Web forum series, will help you learn more about the proposed changes, as well as what you can do to help preserve key programs that help businesses and working families meet the rising costs of health care.
Presented by Jim O'Connell, an expert on workforce policy and government relations for Ceridian, the forum will explore the following topics:
- Keeping you ahead of the curve of legislative change;
- Key issues Congress will address in health care reform legislation;
- The current tax-free treatment of employer-provided health insurance coverage;
- Flexible and individual account based plans (FSAs, HRAs, and HSAs);
- Suggestions for what you can do to make an impact on the process.
 | About the speaker
With more than 30 years of experience in federal legislative and regulatory affairs, Jim O'Connell focuses on HR and payroll policy issues, keeping customers informed about fast-changing and complex compliance regulations and workforce trends. O'Connell is a frequent participant in national and chapter HR and payroll industry meetings. He is an adjunct professor at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., and specializes in international business-government relations. O'Connell has been with Ceridian since 1982. Before joining Ceridian, he served in the U.S. Senate as chief legislative assistant to New York Senator Jacob K. Javits and later with Connecticut Senator Lowell P. Weicker. O'Connell holds a Ph.D. in economics from New York's Fordham University. |
