The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Affordable Care Act or ACA) enacted comprehensive health insurance reforms designed to ensure Americans have access to quality, affordable health insurance.
The Affordable Care Act includes a variety of measures specifically for small businesses that help lower premium cost growth and increase access to quality, affordable health insurance. Depending on whether you are self-employed, an employer with fewer than 25 employees, an employer with fewer than 50 employees, or an employer with 50 or more employees, different provisions of the Affordable Care Act may apply to you. Learn what the law means for you and your business.
Guest Expert:
Meredith K. Olafson
Senior Policy Advisor
Office of the Administrator
U.S. Small Business Administration
In her role as Senior Policy Advisor to the Administrator, Ms. Olafson is responsible for overseeing the U.S. Small Business Administration’s education and outreach efforts around health care and the Affordable Care Act.
Previously, Ms. Olafson served as a Senior Policy Analyst in the Agency’s Office of Entrepreneurial Development, where she worked on special initiatives involving entrepreneurship. Prior to that, Ms. Olafson served as an Attorney Advisor in the Agency’s Office of General Counsel with a focus on employment and labor law matters.
Before joining the Agency, Ms. Olafson was an associate at Hunton & Williams LLP and Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, where she represented a diverse range of businesses in employment litigation at the federal and state level and provided advice and counsel on a range of employment-related matters. Ms. Olafson received her J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center and her B.A. from Northwestern University.