How Will Obamacare Affect Employee Health Coverage?

KHN’s Jay Hancock was on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal Monday morning taking questions about how the health law will affect employee health coverage offered by employers.

Hancock reported recently that UPS has told employees it won’t cover their spouses if they can get coverage from their own employer. Read more: UPS Won’t Insure Spouses Of Some Employees

KHN reporters will be returning to C-SPAN’s Washington Journal each Monday throughout the summer. Tune in each week to stay informed about the latest developments in health policy.

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<h1>How Will Obamacare Affect Employee Health Coverage?</h1>
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		<time class="posted-on" datetime="2013-08-26T17:17:25-04:00">
			August 26, 2013		</time>
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<p>KHN’s Jay Hancock was on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal Monday morning taking questions about how the health law will affect employee health coverage offered by employers.</p><p>Hancock reported recently that UPS has told employees it won’t cover their spouses if they can get coverage from their own employer. Read more: <a href="http://www.kffhealthnews.org/Stories/2013/August/21/Insurance-For-Working-Spouses-At-UPS.aspx">UPS Won’t Insure Spouses Of Some Employees</a></p><p>KHN reporters will be returning to C-SPAN’s Washington Journal each Monday throughout the summer. Tune in each week to stay informed about the latest developments in health policy.</p><p><a href="http://www.c-spanvideo.org/videoLibrary/assets/swf/CSPANPlayer.swf?pid=314721-4">http://www.c-spanvideo.org/videoLibrary/assets/swf/CSPANPlayer.swf?pid=314721-4</a></p><ul><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/how-will-obamacare-affect-employee-health-coverage/?share=x">				Click to share on X (Opens in new window)				X			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/how-will-obamacare-affect-employee-health-coverage/?share=facebook">				Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)				Facebook			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/how-will-obamacare-affect-employee-health-coverage/?share=linkedin">				Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)				LinkedIn			</a></li><li><a href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20How%20Will%20Obamacare%20Affect%20Employee%20Health%20Coverage%3F&body=https%3A%2F%2Fkffhealthnews.org%2Fnews%2Fhow-will-obamacare-affect-employee-health-coverage%2F&share=email">				Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)				Email			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/how-will-obamacare-affect-employee-health-coverage/#print?share=print">				Click to print (Opens in new window)				Print			</a></li><li>				<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/how-will-obamacare-affect-employee-health-coverage/view/republish/">					Republish This Story				</a>			</li></ul><em><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/about-us">KFF Health News</a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about <a href="https://www.kff.org/about-us">KFF</a>.</em><p><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-briefing/">Subscribe</a> to KFF Health News' free Morning Briefing.</p><p>This <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/how-will-obamacare-affect-employee-health-coverage/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org">KFF Health News</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<img src="https://kffhealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/kffhealthnews-icon.png?w=150" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"><img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://kffhealthnews.org/?republication-pixel=true&post=6125&amp;ga4=G-J74WWTKFM0" style="width:1px;height:1px;"></p>

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