BenefitsPRO December 29, 2020
Dan Cook

Note to Joe Biden from the Commonwealth Fund: You gotta take down the Obamacare firewall.

That’s the message from a study of family health care coverage by the progressive think tank. It may seem a bit treasonous to ask Biden to undo anything President Barack Obama did, especially when it comes to his legacy act, the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

But the Commonwealth Fund says thousands of families are suffering unnecessarily due to an unanticipated side effect of language outlining employer health insurance obligations.

When Obamacare was constructed, its creators wanted to make sure employers offered their workers health insurance that met the ACA’s basic coverage tenets. Those that failed to do so had to pay a tax. But...

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Topics: ACA (Affordable Care Act), Congress / White House, Employer, Govt Agencies, Healthcare System, Insurance, Patient / Consumer, Payer, Provider
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