The Health and Welfare Benefits Law Blog provides critical and timely updates and insights on the legal, regulatory and other related issues affecting health and welfare benefits. It is our hope to provide you with a balanced legal, regulatory and policy perspective regarding health and welfare benefits, including the impact of the Affordable Care Act. Those who will be most interested in this blog will be employers and other sponsors of health and welfare benefit plans for employees, as well as third party administrators, insurers, vendors and other service providers for health and welfare benefit plans.