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Health Care Reform – Timeline ImplementationImpact to Baker Hughes (Disclaimer: The costs represented below are through 2011)
© 2010 Baker Hughes Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. 1
Year Health Care Reform Provision Impact to Baker Hughes
2010 Accounting recognition of change in taxability of RDS payments
Reinsurance for retiree medical coverage $250 rebate for seniors who hit Medicare Part D
coverage gap Immediate coverage and consumer protection
requirements for non-calendar year plans starting 6 months after effective date
No financial impact to Baker Hughes (BHI)
2011 Immediate coverage reforms (calendar year plans) Extended dependent coverage No lifetime and restricted annual limits No preexisting condition exclusions for
individuals 18 and younger W-2 reporting of aggregate value of employees’
health coverage HSA withdrawal penalty increased No reimbursement of OTC medicines from account-
based health plans CLASS* Act long-term care benefit enrollment Begin phasing out Medicare Part D donut hole
Increased costs of roughly $776,000
Additional administration associated with W-2 reporting
2012 Presidential election No financial impact
2013 Deduction for employer Part D retiree drug subsidy Medicare payroll tax increased for high-wage employees and new tax on unearned income
Cap on salary-reduction contributions to health FSAs
$1.6M Part D retiree drug subsidy eliminated$12,400 cost increase from additional FICA taxes resulting from FSA cap
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Year Health Care Reform Provision Impact to Baker Hughes
2014 Employer mandates: play-or-pay, automatic enrollment, free-choice vouchers
Individual health coverage mandate Health Benefit Exchanges operational Premium and cost-sharing subsidies for low- and
middle-income individuals Medicaid eligibility expanded Additional consumer protections and market reforms,
such as guaranteed issue, premium rating restrictions, prohibition on excessive waiting periods, prohibition on annual dollar limits, etc.
BHI health care costs in 2014 are projected to be $256 million before accounting for health care reform
Should BHI continue to offer health coverage:
Additional mandates will increase costs by $2.4 million
These costs could potentially be offset by as much as $52 million through reductions in plan design
Should BHI opt to exit employer sponsored health care coverage:
BHI would owe a federal penalty of $50 million
An additional cost of $316 million would be necessary to make employees whole, but is not required
2016 Cross-border sales of health insurance Presidential election
No financial impact
2018 - 2024 Excise tax on high-cost group health plans BHI is projected to exceed the cost threshold in 2018, resulting in an excise tax of $1.9 million. Aggregate 2018-2024 excise tax total $37 million
Total Total costs assumes no change to Health Care Reform provisions as outlined.
Blue = Health Care Reform costs factored
$41.78M
Health Care Reform – Timeline ImplementationImpact to Baker Hughes (Disclaimer: The costs represented below are through 2011)
U.S. Health Care Reform: High Level Timeline
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Adult child coverage to age 26, no lifetime dollar limits/’restricted’ annual dollar limits on essential health benefits, no preexisting condition exclusions for children under age 19, etc. (calendar-year plans)
HSA withdrawal penalty increased to 20% No reimbursement of over-the-counter (OTC) medicines from account-based health plans, unless prescribed
W-2 issued using 2012 health plan data Medicare payroll tax increased for high-wage employees and
separate new tax on unearned income $2,500 cap on salary-reduction contributions to health FSAs Change employer tax treatment for Medicare Part D RDS payments HHS approves/conditionally approves state Exchanges
States may open Exchanges to large
employers
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 - 2024
Sales of health insurance across state borders permitted
W-2 reporting of aggregate value of employees’ health coverage Comparative effectiveness research tax begins HHS required 4-page health plan summary of benefits disclosure Presidential election Supreme Court ruling on individual mandate (likely)
Evolving interpretations, proposed regulations, (interim) final regulations, technical corrections, legislative amendments, judicial decisions, elections, preparation for major changes, unpredictability
Individual health coverage mandate Employer mandates: play-or-pay, automatic enrollment Health Benefit Exchanges operational Premium and cost-sharing subsidies for low- and middle-income
individuals Medicaid eligibility expanded in all states to 133% of FPL Additional group health plan mandates, such as prohibition on
excessive waiting periods, coverage for clinical trials, and limits on annual OOP maximums and annual deductibles
PPACA signed into law (March 23, 2010) Some immediate health plan mandates and insurance market reforms Reinsurance program for early retiree medical coverage Accounting recognition of change in taxability of Medicare D RDS
payments $250 rebate for seniors who hit Medicare Part D coverage gap
40% nondeductible excise tax on high-cost employer-
sponsored health coverage (“Cadillac” plan tax)