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With the recent opening of the new state-based health insurance markets, the most important components of President Obama's health care reform bill (the Affordable Care Act) are beginning to come on line. CWA bargainers from around the country have been sending us excellent questions about health reform and other health care matters. We will be posting our answers to these questions here on the CWA Health Care web page as they come up. This questions looks at how the ACA regulates wellness incentives and penalties.

With the recent opening of the new state-based health insurance markets, the most important components of President Obama's health care reform bill (the Affordable Care Act) are beginning to come on line. CWA bargainers from around the country have been sending us excellent questions about health reform and other health care matters. We will be posting our answers to these questions here on the CWA Health Care web page as they come up. This question is about how the excise tax on high cost health plans will be calculated beginning in 2018.

With the recent opening of the new state-based health insurance markets, the most important components of President Obama's health care reform bill (the Affordable Care Act) are beginning to come on line. CWA bargainers from around the country have been sending us excellent questions about health reform and other health care matters. We will be posting our answers to these questions here on the CWA Health Care web page as they come up. This question is about whether the ACA includes regulations on benefit limits within health plans.

The United Mine Workers of America won a big victory at Peabody Energy and Patriot Coal. Hundreds of CWA members and CWA locals participated for many months in actions to put pressure on Peabody to keep its promises to retirees and their families. UMWA President Cecil Roberts called CWA President Larry Cohen to thank CWA for all their work.

The most important provisions of President Obama's health care reform bill (the Affordable Care Act) are set to go into effect January 1, 2014. CWA bargainers from around the country have been sending us excellent questions about health reform and other health care matters. We will be posting our answers to these questions here on the CWA Health Care web page as they come up. Today's questions is about the treatment of employees in "work-share" programs under the law.