Health care reform — what you should be doing by now

Love it or hate it, the health care reform law has already kicked into gear. Provisions like coverage for children up to 26 and a ban on preexisting condition exclusions for children under 19 are now required for many plans. As Michael J. Powers writes in the latest issue of The Bottom Line, newsletter of the ISBA committee on law office management, "employers should be gearing up for full implementation or they will be caught on the wrong side of compliance when the agencies in charge of implementing the Act turn their attention from guidance to enforcement." And lawyer employers of all people need to make sure they're following the law (the cliche about the cobbler's son who has no shoes comes to mind). Read Michael's article.