Families Could Look"Forward” to Losing Their Health Plans Under ObamaCare Will Barber Defend It?

Washington Democrats Defend the Government Takeover of Healthcare that is Making it Harder for Employers to Offer Health Insurance Coverage

WASHINGTON --- Ron Barber's Washington Democrat allies are looking increasingly out of touch with Arizona families amidst new reports that show the big-government law is only making it harder for employers to keep offering health insurance benefits. Barber will have to decide whether to join them in putting defending their deeply flawed healthcare takeover as their top priority this election year.
"If Ron Barber wants to join his Washington Democrat allies in defending their government takeover of healthcare, he will be joining a losing battle that will only get worse as their big-government policies move forward and bring more drastic consequences,” said NRCC Communications Director Paul Lindsay."Barber will have to concede that millions of workers could lose insurance benefits for their families because of increasing fees and mandates that punish businesses offering health benefits.”

A new survey of Fortune 100 companies shows taxes and fees in the government healthcare takeover make carrying insurance benefits increasingly difficult for employers:
"In total, the 71 Fortune 100 companies that responded to this inquiry could save an estimated $28.6 billion in 2014 alone by eliminating health insurance coverage for their more than 5.9 million U.S. employees (impacting more than 10.2 million employees and dependents covered by those plans) and instead paying the $2,000 per full-time employee fine created in the Democrats’ health care law. From 2014 through 2023, these employers could save an astounding $422.4 billion if they took this action.” (“BROKEN PROMISE: Why ObamaCare Will Force Americans to Lose the Health Care Coverage They Have and Like,” House Committee on Ways & Means, 5/1/12)

This comes on the heels of a report last week from President Obama’s own jobs council that showed the government healthcare takeover will be a significant burden on employers trying to offer health benefits:
"Documents provided by members of the Council confirm that the mandates, taxes, and fees
contained in PPACA will increase the cost of providing health care and insurance premiums.
These corporations face a future of ‘potential indirect cost increase[s] through higher medical
costs across all [the] U.S.’ due to fees on health insurers, pharmaceutical manufacturers, and
medical device manufacturers mandated by PPACA.” (“Higher Costs, More Confusion, Less Coverage: How the Health Care Law Affects Employer-Provided Health Care Coverage,” House Committee on Energy & Commerce, April 2012)

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