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so did obama just screw our 2013 contract? (health care)
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<blockquote data-quote="bscott85" data-source="post: 704160" data-attributes="member: 20590"><p>here's a link to the laymans terms breakdown for how the new health care reform bill affects people:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/03/21/us/health-care-reform.html" target="_blank">http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/03/21/us/health-care-reform.html</a></p><p></p><p>"If you are insured through your employer:</p><p></p><p>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."</p><p></p><p>^^i read somewhere that that 27,500 number for families is something like $10,200 for individuals, not 100% sure though.</p><p></p><p>this is the so called "cadillac" tax you've probably heard about</p><p></p><p>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:</p><p></p><p>1 - aetna/blue cross begin charging UPS more to cover all of us</p><p>2 - UPS wants to pass that cost along to us </p><p>3 - union caves and we end up chipping in ~$100/a month </p><p>or 4 - we don't pay for healthcare but get screwed on raises</p><p></p><p>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</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bscott85, post: 704160, member: 20590"] here's a link to the laymans terms breakdown for how the new health care reform bill affects people: [URL]http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/03/21/us/health-care-reform.html[/URL] "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 [/QUOTE]
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