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Dec 7, 2009
Two-thirds of employers would raise deductibles, change insurers or scale back coverage to avoid the so-called Cadillac tax on high-cost benefits proposed in the Senate Democrats’ health care bill, a survey to be released Thursday by consulting firm Mercer says… The excise tax — which is placed on insurers, but is expected to be passed along to employers — could hit up to 19 percent of medical packages offered by employers in 2013, the first year it goes into effect.
Full story by Julie Appleby in Kaiser Health News.
7 Responses to “The More You Like Your Health Plan, the Less Likely You Will be Able to Keep It”
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Helium
December 7th, 2009 at 10:33 am
It’s called bait and switch.
December 7th, 2009 at 10:34 am
And, we just found out that if you are over 65 you are not eligible to receive the H1N1 vacine!
December 7th, 2009 at 10:39 am
I have never heard mentioned what they consider a “Cadilac” insurance policy and I would like to know what they consider a “Cadilac” insurance. We have BCBS and we pay extra for vision and dental. Is that what they are talking about?
December 7th, 2009 at 11:28 am
Stephen, it’s also called one more broken promise.
December 7th, 2009 at 2:14 pm
It’s getting hard to tell which consequences are unintended and which are intentional.
It looks to me as though anyone who is 50+ and works for a small business will likely be subject to the Cadillac tax.
December 7th, 2009 at 5:01 pm
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