The "Cadillac Tax"

[SunsetBengal]

(11-08-2015, 07:34 PM)JustWinBaby Wrote: They can just wait for their exchanges to go bankrupt and then they won't have any insurance.

I'm shocked, SHOCKED I tell ya, that the big unions want someone else to pay for their handout.

I am fortunate, at I work for a private sector engineering firm, that is a preferred contractor to the NCDOT.  My company provides insurance to all of us, at no cost to us.  My employer provides the "Cadillac" level plan.  It would sadden me, to see them drop our coverage to a lower level, to account for a 40% excise tax, although I believe that most of us would gladly pay the difference in cost to maintain our current level of coverage.


While I enjoy poking fun at the Democrats for pushing the ACA, and now having issue with some of it's contents, this really is an issue for ALL working class Americans to look at.  A couple of things ring my bell, on this topic.  First of all, why should companies that choose to offer their employees the best of coverage, at already a higher rate than lesser plans, be punished by an extra tax?  To me, that is a huge step toward Socialism.  As in, either conform or pay the consequences.  The second issue that I have is with the passing of bills that have so much shit written into them, that no one really has the time or energy to fully understand them, until after they are passed.  The TPP and Iran deal also pop to mind. 

I, for one, would be all in favor of a law that limits the size and language of bills to be restricted to the main topic at hand.  Yes, the elimination of line items, and limiting the size to what can be read and understood in a reasonable amount of time.