GRANDFATHERED STATUS

Grandfathered Status

A grandfathered health plan is a group health plan that provided coverage to members on March 23, 2010, the date that PPACA was enacted. Current employees, new hires and their dependents may continue to enroll in the plan.

Read the following summary to learn what could cause a health plan to lose grandfathered status and with what provisions these health plans would have to comply: