A new excise tax on executive pay at tax-exempt entities may also apply to their affiliated for-profit companies, IRS guidance suggests.
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.
Republicans may not be able to quickly dismantle President Obama's signature health-care law.
Save the good and revise the bad, says Brian Marcotte of the National Business Group on Health
Innovative ways to engage employees offer hope for bringing health care spending under control.
Companies race against the clock and employ new strategies in their bid to avoid an onerous excise tax that takes effect in four years.
Half of the employers surveyed by Mercer say the additional administrative burden of proving compliance has been "very significant."
Former Senate tax counsel Christopher Condeluci lays out a plan to replace the tax in a way that would meet both Democratic and Republican policy goals.
Companies and others are loudly decrying the impending excise tax on high-cost health plans — and for good reason.
The rate of cost growth for health-care benefits is slowing but is still well above increases in the Consumer Price Index.
When a tax on consumption is a "distinct percentage add-on," U.S. consumers tend to pay little attention, say researchers.
More than 38% of large companies may be hit by the tax in 2018 unless they make changes to the design of their health plans.
