"in the long term, shifting responsibility to individual employees to manage their health while gauging how the health market will shake out as a result of the ACA. What's it mean going forward? It means health care will be a central theme in board rooms and management meetings for employers large and small.... It means human resource professionals will become health care experts, moving well beyond benefits management to assess and recommend bold changes linked to the company's long- term goals for its workforce and competitiveness. And it means employers are paying attention to the ACA with an eye beyond penalties and compliance to their role in shaping the new normal."  MORE >>