The vast majority of Americans have health coverage through their employers. Thus, during the health reform debate and after Obamacare’s passage, President Obama repeatedly asserted that those with employer coverage wouldn’t be affected at all. Indeed, he said:
[F]or the 85 and 90 percent of Americans who already have health insurance, this thing’s already happened. And their only impact is that their insurance is stronger, better and more secure than it was before. Full stop. That’s it. They don’t have to worry about anything else.
But much like the president’s other promises, this one is badly broken. Claiming that Obamacare doesn’t have an impact on workplace coverage is misleading, because the law directly imposes new benefit mandates and new fees and taxes on those with employer-sponsored coverage — and these have significant consequences.
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