"This tax endangers and will deteriorate health benefits for American workers and their families. It will hit a broad spectrum of plans, not just those with very rich benefits. It also reduces incentives for employers to establish savings vehicles that make it easier for employees to pay for their health care and save for retirement. The ultimate result of this tax will be to reduce coverage and benefits to workers across the country in a variety of professions. We know that is not the goal of the Affordable Care Act, so it is incumbent on Congress to repeal this tax."
— Matt Manders, President U.S. Markets & Global Health Care Operations, Cigna
"FEHB [Federal Employees Health Benefits Program] is one of the premier benefits the government uses to recruit individuals to the Federal workforce. As currently described in Notice 2015-16, and without relief, the administration of the excise tax will most likely require a reduction in FEHBP benefits and elimination of other benefit programs. This will impact the lives of current enrollees and will affect the ability of agencies to recruit and retain a world class workforce"
— United States Office of Personnel Management
"All electric cooperatives in the United States could be subject to this 40% tax; not because we have 'Gold-Plated Cadillac Plans,' but because our employees live in rural communities where limited access makes the cost of that health care disproportionately higher than in urban areas. No co-op, whether they provide health insurance through NRECA's Group Benefits Trust or from another source, should be penalized for 'doing the right thing' for their employees"
— Jo Ann Emerson, CEO, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
"LIUNA has joined with like-minded groups to support a repeal of the 40 percent benefits tax to protect the health care that working Americans depend on. The 40 percent benefits tax in the ACA punishes responsible employers and workers and will result in families being wrongly forced to bear the unfair burden as costs are shifted to avoid the excise tax. Congress needs to act for the sake of working families and immediately repeal this regressive and unfair tax."
— Terry O'Sullivan, General President, LIUNA
"While we appreciate the intent behind the 40% tax, it will affect far more health plans — even over the near term — than we think appropriate, and intensify the complex ACA reporting obligations with which our clients and other employers are already laboring."
— Robert Reiff, President, Lockton Benefit Group
