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Tuesday

24

May 2011

Consequences

Written by , Posted in Health Care, Welfare & Entitlements

A PricewaterhouseCoopers survey of 1,700 employers across 32 different sectors of the U.S. economy reveals troubling consequences in store thanks to passage of government-run health care. NCPA summarizes:

  • More than four in five (84%) are likely to make changes — e.g., raise premiums, deductibles, and co-payments — to offset increased costs thanks to the law;
  • More than five in six (86%) of employer respondents are likely to re-evaluate their overall benefits strategy;
  • More than half (51%) of employers did not expect to maintain “grandfathered” health status — meaning employees will forfeit their current health coverage, and pay higher premiums as a result of federal mandates introduced on their new coverage;
  • Nearly two in three employers (65%) expect to be affected by the “Cadillac” tax on employer health plans;
  • Almost half (45%) of companies “indicated they were likely to change subsidies for employee medical coverage” as a result of the law — quite possibly “dumping” their employees on to government-run Exchanges; and
  • Exactly one-half (50%) are considering “significantly changing or eliminating company subsidies for dependent medical coverage.”