Posted on 02/15/2017 1:49:25 PM PST by TBP
The public wants lower out-of-pocket costs, according to the latest Kaiser Health poll. ObamaCare has pushed up deductibles for people who get coverage through their employer by at least 50 percent.
The law forces all but the smallest employers to provide a benefits package far costlier than most pre-ACA coverage. It also hits employers with new taxes, and these employers are passing these costs onto workers, raising their out-of-pocket costs.
In New York, 49 percent of manufacturers are increasing their workers’ deductibles because of ObamaCare, reports the New York Federal Reserve.
GOP lawmakers aiming to “replace” ObamaCare must not repeat the mistake of imposing a Washington-designed benefit package on employers. More flexibility for employers means more workers covered at a lower cost. Mandates end up taking money out of workers’ pockets.
Worries about the “Cadillac” tax are also pushing up out-of-pocket costs. The GOP must repeal this tax.
Across the country, union workers are getting a raw deal in their new contracts because a 40 percent tax on generous health-care plans is supposed to take effect in 2020. Contracts being negotiated now are imposing higher copays and deductibles to make health plans less generous and dodge the tax.
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Wrong Premise! Repeal Obamacare! DO NOT REPLACE!
Leave it to a Free Market!
Government has NO AUTHORITY to Manage Health Care, You Do!
God Bless
The GOP voted NO on Obamacare many times to look good but they know the costs it imposes on the people are designed to bail out the ‘healthcare industry’.
The “Cadillac Healthcare Plan Tax” caps employer costs for healthcare forcing the people to pay again.
The GOP can’t betray those special interests by destroying Obamacare.
Obungholecare is socialized medicine.
What are they going to replace it with that is *not* socialized medicine?
Replace = defeat.
We don’t need a replacement.
Kill Obamacare and go back to a free market system.
I respectfully ask you go look up HR2300, Dr Tom Price's bill now head of HHS. Within it is the Tax Deductibility ( finally ) of Direct Primary Care Plans.
DPC is when you pay for your Primary Care Doc via a monthly retainer and he has no paperwork and you go in and their is no bill. I have heard estimates if utilized within Medicare/caid it could cut cost 30 to 50%.
The free market is great, so is tax code that promotes good behavior and you taking care of yourself for a fair price...
And kill the 1965 Kennedy health care bill while we’re at it.
Here is the replacement. Fully tax deductible MSAs and insurance sold in any state. Takes care of all the problems.
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