Group items tagged leaders - ACA for MandM

shared by Mal Allison on 15 Jul 13 - No Cached

making unionized workers less competitive and potentially causing unionized employers to drop the plans that cover more than 20 million people.
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To offset the expected rising costs of these "multiemployer" plans, several union groups want their lower-paid members to be able to remain on the plans wh
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"will shatter not only our hard-earned health benefits, but destroy the foundation of the 40 hour work week that is the backbone of the American middle class," the union officials wrote.
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Unions argue that several other parts of the health-care law would disadvantage "multiemployer" health plans administered by unions and employers. For instance, the law's lack of penalties for employers with less than 50 employees could force companies to drop insurance in heavily unionized sectors like construction, unions argue. In general, unions say the health plan's impact on multiemployer plans needs to be clarified.
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shared by Mal Allison on 02 Oct 13 - No Cached

Companies are increasingly offering employees health plans that allow them more freedom to choose doctors and hospitals and that generally do not require referrals from primary care doctors for specialty care.
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insurers generally still pay a fee for every visit and procedure, a payment system that has been blamed for driving up spending.
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this movement back toward’’ fee-for-service medicine “is really going to hurt us.’’
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