here's a link to the laymans terms breakdown for how the new health care reform bill affects people:
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/03/21/us/health-care-reform.html
"If you are insured through your employer:
Insurers will have to pay a 40 percent excise tax on high-value group plans – those in which premiums for families are $27,500 or more, for instance – starting in 2014. Experts say the tax will likely be passed on to employees through higher premiums or lower benefits and wages."
^^i read somewhere that that 27,500 number for families is something like $10,200 for individuals, not 100% sure though.
this is the so called "cadillac" tax you've probably heard about
now I don't know enough about our own benefits to know how much our plans cost... but I can definitely see these basic things happening:
1 - aetna/blue cross begin charging UPS more to cover all of us
2 - UPS wants to pass that cost along to us
3 - union caves and we end up chipping in ~$100/a month
or 4 - we don't pay for healthcare but get screwed on raises
also please - lets not make this a left/right debate i just want to know what the final word will be in my wallet when its all said and done
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/03/21/us/health-care-reform.html
"If you are insured through your employer:
Insurers will have to pay a 40 percent excise tax on high-value group plans – those in which premiums for families are $27,500 or more, for instance – starting in 2014. Experts say the tax will likely be passed on to employees through higher premiums or lower benefits and wages."
^^i read somewhere that that 27,500 number for families is something like $10,200 for individuals, not 100% sure though.
this is the so called "cadillac" tax you've probably heard about
now I don't know enough about our own benefits to know how much our plans cost... but I can definitely see these basic things happening:
1 - aetna/blue cross begin charging UPS more to cover all of us
2 - UPS wants to pass that cost along to us
3 - union caves and we end up chipping in ~$100/a month
or 4 - we don't pay for healthcare but get screwed on raises
also please - lets not make this a left/right debate i just want to know what the final word will be in my wallet when its all said and done