Say goodbye to that $500 deductible insurance plan and the $20 co-payment for a doctor’s office visit. They are likely to become luxuries of the past. Get ready to enroll in a program to manage your diabetes. Or prepare for a health screening to determine your odds of developing a costly health condition. Expect to have your blood pressure checked or a prescription filled at a clinic at your office, rather than by your private doctor. Then blame — or credit — the so-called Cadillac tax, which penalizes companies that offer high-end health care plans to their employees.Where you one of those suckers that believed Obama when he said if you liked your current health insurance you could keep it?
Monday, May 27, 2013
High-End Health Plans Scale Back to Avoid ‘Cadillac Tax’
The New York Times reports: