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	<title>Ken Mensio, CEBS &#187; pre-existing condition exclusions</title>
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		<title>PPACA checklist for open enrollment</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 23:28:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Mensio</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[CLASS program]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like Santa, I imagine you’ll be making a list and checking it twice (20 times?) to make sure you have all your talking points in order so you can communicate effectively to employees how the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will affect their benefits enrollment options.
(You might even envy Santa, in that he only has to check his list for young children, not adults up to age 26!)
At any rate, to help you ensure you communicate anything and everything, Mercer’s developed a list of what you’ll want to do and say before enrollment season kicks off this fall — and surely before many PPACA provisions take effect for plan years beginning on or after Sept. 23 (for most plans, Jan. 1, 2011). Take notes, pros. Here’s what to do if you have:
 <a href="http://www.csibenefits.us/blog/health-care-reform-2/ppaca-checklist-for-open-enrollment/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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