In the wake of the sweeping health care reforms signed into law by President Obama on March 23, employers are faced with new and complex challenges in the delivery of health care benefits to their employees. Understanding and interpreting the changes brought by health care reform is now a top priority for all employers.

Below, we focus on benefits for women enacted as part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (H.R. 3590) (the “Reform Act”) as amended by the Health Care & Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010 (H.R. 4872) (the “Reconciliation Act”).