Yes---I do think we will start paying for a portion of our healthcare in 2018.
We will get hit with the 40% excise tax because we have a "cadillac" plan.
Obamacare socks union health plans with 40% tax | WashingtonExaminer.com
I thought we a another thread on here that said union plans were exempt from this tax. Why do they single out those four states? Do they get higher amounts contributed?
The tax is not paid by individuals.
It will be paid by health insurance issuers and sponsors of self-funded group health plans.
The tax is not paid by individuals.
It will be paid by health insurance issuers and sponsors of self-funded group health plans.
Obama promised the unions they would be exempt to get their support, but after it passed said screw you and reneged on his promise.
Obama is a corporate neoliberal. When he has to pick between backing Wall Street or helping labor, he's going with the banks every time -- so much for "putting on a comfortable pair of shoes and walking a picket line" with labor, like he promised us back in 2008.
+100SP,
It does not matter what entity pays for it ---it eventually comes down to the individual or tax payer with higher premiums or deductibles.
When the employer mandate fully kicks in after the 2014 election -to cover Democrats --and the one year extension on the individuals expires --there is going to be a major shock-wave to hit.
Small and midsize business--along with a few biggies are realizing it will be way cheaper to pay a fine than to pay for healthcare--they will be dropping people by the millions.
People will be FORCED into Obamacare ---Is that Freedom of Choice ?? America ?? What will we be forced into next --Electric two person cars --with the rest banned --as "bad cars " ???---what a disaster.
America has to wake up !!
Many if not most will pay much higher premiums for things they do not want or need --birth control , maternity care, mental health etc etc.
I agree but you forgot narcissist. Besides government employees the only ones who will benefit from Obamacare are insurance companies.
Did one of our mailouts from the Teamsters state that our insurance was not considered a "Cadillac Plan?"
Obama promised the unions they would be exempt to get their support, but after it passed said screw you and reneged on his promise.