Kicking the can down the road is very bipartisan. Especially when the can is going to be used to fill full of our tax dollars. This has become a key feature of Obamacare. Nothing has been kicked further than the Excise Tax on employer sponsored plans – commonly referred to as the Cadillac Tax.The Caddy Tax imposes a 40% tax on employer plan premiums that exceed a certain threshold. Originally, this tax was to be implemented beginning in 2013. According to that CBO score the government would have generated $149 billion dollars between 2013-2019. In fact, under the original score $85 billion would already have been generated under the law.However, with unions and other business lobbyists turning up the pressure, Democrats in the House pushed a reconciliation bill that included an amendment to the Caddy Tax pushing the start date to 2018. (Note: it also increased the threshold substantially) Because of the shoddy way this bill was passed then addressed through a one party…
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