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American Businesses to Congress: Delay the 40 Percent Tax on Health Benefits

Date: December 17, 2015

Employers large and small, with unionized and non-unionized workforces, agree – Congress should delay the 40 percent tax on health benefits. “America’s largest employers oppose the 40 percent tax because it threatens health care innovation and could end up limiting important wellness and prevention benefits that promote better health and reduce overall cost growth.” – […]

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40 Percent Tax on Health Benefits Will Affect Employers Large and Small

Date: December 14, 2015

Employer-sponsored benefits are the bedrock of the American health care system. The 40 percent tax on health benefits created by the Affordable Care Act threatens to disrupt that system by taxing the health coverage that millions of Americans rely on. 46% of large employers are expected to have at least one plan affected by the tax […]

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Voters Oppose the 40 Percent Tax on Health Benefits

Date: December 8, 2015

As Congress prepares to vote on budget reconciliation legislation that includes a provision to repeal the 40 percent tax on health benefits, a recent National Association of Manufacturers, Business Roundtable and U.S. Chamber of Commerce poll finds that voters and employers are united in their concerns about the tax. 52% of voters say the tax […]

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Voters, Employers Oppose Tax on Health Benefits

Date: October 21, 2015

Businesses of Every Size Say Tax Will Limit Innovation, Reduce Highly Effective Wellness, Prevention and Health Benefits Washington, D.C., October 21, 2015 The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), Business Roundtable and U.S. Chamber of Commerce today released the results of a national poll of registered voters showing that three-quarters of all respondents nationwide are concerned […]

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American Health Policy Institute study on the health care excise tax, ACA Excise Tax: Cutting Family Budgets, Not Health Care Budgets

Date: October 20, 2015

American Health Policy Institute study on the health care excise tax, ACA Excise Tax: Cutting Family Budgets, Not Health Care Budgets found that: Almost 90 percent of large employers are taking steps to try to prevent their company from having a plan that triggers the excise tax in 2018; Over 30 percent of large employers […]

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