Now that the employee benefits component of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has been suspended, business owners say that they’ll use the money saved to improve their company’s capital, according to polling data.

While employee benefits don’t have to be offered by business owners to their workers until at least January 15, resulting from the postponement of the employer mandate, it’s already cost the healthcare industry more than $12 billion.

There are a number of ramifications of DOMA’s overturning that may result for employers.

Cathy Livingston, a tax specialist who specializes in federal healthcare laws, spoke with Kaiser Health News about applying for financial assistance in order to purchase health coverage.

Before July 31, many business owners may need to file what’s known as a PCORI fee.

The top concern among business owners is the employer mandate, which was officially postponed in early July in order to give company executives more time to comply with the regulations that the law requires.

With patients occasionally striking up conversations with doctors about their jobs and what employee benefits they get, these patients say that their physician has rarely given their take on what they think of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, a new survey reveals.

While there are a variety of HR compliance issues that business owners need to account for before the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act goes into effect, the majority of company managers and CEOs aren’t sure about what they should be doing in order to abide by what’s required of them.

Pennsylvania and more than a dozen other states are handing over their high-risk insurance pools to the federal government rather than assuming responsibility for the setup of these marketplaces at the state level.