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Webinars to be held Thursday, Sept. 12, for small businesses to help them plan for implementation of the Affordable Care Act
What will the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act mean for Kentucky's small businesses? A webinar Thursday, Sept. 12 is designed to address such questions about the federal health-care reform law, often called Obamacare.
The webinar will be presented twice, at 11:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. ET. Its topics will include tax credits available to businesses and tax-exempt non-profits, an update on the Kentucky health-insurance exchange, the concept of shared responsibility, efforts to contain costs, planning for implementation of the law, a checklist for getting ready, and tools and resources available for small businesses.
The webinar will conclude with a question-and-answer period with the presenter, Mary Huttlinger, outreach manager for Small Business Majority, a national organization focused on public-policy concerns of small businesses. The webinar is sponsored by Kentucky Voices for Health. To register for the 11:30 ET webinar, click here. For the 3:30 session, click here.
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