With the tax perhaps unlikely to ever take effect, should companies still factor it into their benefits planning and strategies?
The government's deceit regarding the tax on rich health plans, and a possible delay in its effective date, aren't doing plan sponsors any favors.
However, employers' disdain for several aspects of the law, and their wish for changes to it, remain intact.
As core strategies for containing employee health-care costs diminish in effectiveness, companies need fresher approaches.
Not even a repeal of the unpopular employer mandate would spur most companies to change their health benefits strategies.
Companies say they'll still adhere to many ACA provisions, even if federal government policies allow them not to.
Millions of newly uninsured could cause a spike in costs for health-care providers, who likely would pass the costs on to private payers.
The days of a total tax exclusion for employer-sponsored insurance may be numbered.
Current political uncertainties are making tax planning a big challenge for corporate America.
Those with revenue of $10M to $50M would benefit if the law were replaced, says a small-business adviser.
If the Affordable Care Act is fully repealed, employers will surely benefit, says an attorney who helped create it nine years ago.
Four experts weigh in as the fate of the health-care reform law hangs in the balance.
