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Healthcare Costs Weigh Heavily On CFOs

One-year postponement of the employer mandate wont alter the outlook for costs in 2014.

By Susan Kelly | Updated on August 13, 2013

Healthcare costs remain the top concern of CFOs, according to a recent survey, and the Obama administration’s decision to give companies another year to comply with the requirement to provide insurance for all full-time workers isn’t likely to improve the outlook for next year’s cost increase.

Last month, the government announced that the employer mandate of the Affordable Care Act (ACA)—which says companies must offer health coverage to all employees who work 30 hours a week or more, or else pay a penalty—has been delayed until 2015. That postponement gives companies more time to rework their healthcare offerings. But they still face higher costs in 2014 related to fees and other plan changes mandated by the ACA, as well as the possibility that more employees who are already eligible for health coverage will sign up as the law’s individual mandate kicks in.

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