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ERISA and various other state and federal laws require that employers provide disclosure Even though the Affordable Care Act (ACA)’s penalty for not
and annual notices to their plan participants. Stamps.com has posted all federally required having health coverage (known as the individual mandate)
annual notices on Dayforce or the Hub & Spoke company intranet for you to download and has been reduced to zero, if you are a taxpayer in California,
read at your convenience, such as: you will still be required to have health coverage (unless you
• Medicare Part D Notice of Creditable Coverage: Plans are required to provide each qualify for an exemption) or pay a penalty for the 2020 tax
covered participant and dependent a Certificate of Creditable Coverage to qualify for year. In addition, several other states, including
enrollment in Medicare Part D prescription drug coverage when qualified without a Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Vermont, as well as the
penalty. This notice also provides a written procedure for individuals to request and District of Columbia, have reinstated an individual mandate
receive Certificates of Creditable Coverage. requirement, and others are considering doing so.
• HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices: This notice is intended to inform employees of the
privacy practices followed by Stamps.com’s group health plan. It also explains the You may consider these options below to satisfy this
federal privacy rights afforded to you and the members of your family as plan requirement:
participants covered under a group plan.
• Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act (WHCRA): The Women's Health and Cancer • Enroll in a medical plan offered by Stamps.com or
Rights Act (WHCRA) contains important protections for breast cancer patients who another group medical plan meeting the requirements
choose breast reconstruction with a mastectomy. The U.S. Departments of Labor and for minimum essential coverage;
Health and Human Services are in charge of this act of law which applies to group • Purchase coverage through a health insurance
health plans if the plans or coverage provide medical and surgical benefits for a marketplace;
mastectomy. • Enroll in coverage through a government-sponsored
• Newborns’ and Mothers’ Health Protection Act: The Newborns' and Mothers' Health program if eligible.
Protection Act of 1996 (NMHPA) affects the amount of time a mother and her newborn
child are covered for a hospital stay following childbirth. However, if you choose to purchase coverage through the
• Special Enrollment Rights: Plan participants are entitled to certain special enrollment marketplace, because Stamps.com’s medical plans are
rights outside of Stamps.com’s open enrollment period. This notice provides considered affordable and meet minimum value under the
information on special enrollment periods for loss of prior coverage or the addition of a Affordable Care Act, you may not be eligible for a subsidy,
new dependent. and you may not see lower premiums or out-of-pocket costs
• Medicaid & Children’s Health Insurance Program: Some states offer premium through the marketplace. In addition, employer contributions
to your medical benefits will be lost and your portion of
assistance programs for those who are eligible for health coverage from their medical premiums will no longer be paid via payroll
employers, but are unable to afford the premiums. This notice provides information on deductions on a pre-tax basis.
how to determine if your state offers a premium assistance program.
• Summary of Benefits and Coverage (SBC): Health insurance issuers and group health
plans are required to provide you with an easy-to-understand summary about your
health plan’s benefits and coverage. The new regulation is designed to help you better
understand and evaluate your health insurance choices.
FOR MORE INFORMATION

Go to www.healthcare.gov.