US News & World Report (8/15, Leins) reported that while Republicans and Democrats “agree on little when it comes to” the ACA, there is bipartisan support for repealing the law’s so-called Cadillac tax on high-cost health plans. While the tax was once expected to affect “the benefits of only the wealthiest Americans, projections show that the rising cost of health care will contribute to more plans being considered ‘generous’ in nature.”
Two bills have been introduced in the House to repeal the levy, and an “aggressive lobbying campaign launched during the summer, the Alliance to Fight the 40, is pushing for repeal of the tax, which the campaign’s organizers say could be removed without catastrophically altering Obamacare.”
