Dear Brothers and Sisters,
On another Facebook page another member asked me to clarify
their scare tactics concerning the ACA/Obamacare they were using to show others
that we are in a crisis for the upcoming contract negotiations with Trimet. Since they have done no research on the subject,
I have cobbled together something I wrote back in 2013 and something I put
together in response to their inquiry/ calling out.
Well Brothers and Sisters you won’t have to wait much
longer, it seems the company has kept its promise in this video .(Click Here!) In this video the company said that the costs
of your individual medical plans are now being transferred unto the
employee. From what they said in the
video, the 2013 plan was considered a “platinum” plan with low deductibles, as
of 2014 the union plan will be at “gold” level.
The company stressed that members that “utilize” their individual plans
will think twice about going to the doctor if their “wallets get touched.”
That was something I wrote way back in 2013 in an email
concerning the reduction in pay due to the company raising the premium costs
onto union members, which our union did not step up and cry foul. Forward the video (Click Here) for ACA/Obamacare
and the excise tax conversation the Director of Labor Relations had with the
Board of Directors.
Dates to remember:
2015: The employee
mandate: meaning employers with 50 or more full-time employees to offer
affordable health insurance to all full-time employees and their dependents. THIS DOES NOT APPLY TO US.
2018: Under Section
9001 of the ACA, health insurance issuers and sponsors of self-funded group
health plans will be assessed an excise tax on any benefits provided to
employees that exceed a pre-determined threshold. This is the same tax that the general media
has labeled as the “Cadillac” tax. The excise tax is imposed beginning in 2018. THE 90/10 PLAN WAS CONSIDERED PLATUNIUM/
CADILLAC.
The Excise Tax
was created to reduce health care costs by encouraging health plan sponsors to
offer plans that increase member engagement through cost sharing. The tax is 40
percent of the total cost of each employee’s coverage that exceed
predetermined thresholds. It does not apply to cost-sharing amounts such as
copayments, deductibles or coinsurance. Currently, the thresholds are:
Standard Professions
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High-Risk Professions (law enforcement and construction including electrical and telecommunication installations) | ||||
Single
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$10,200
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$11,850
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Family
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$27,500
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$30,950
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These amounts, effective through 2017, will be updated for 2018 when final regulations are issued. The tax will be indexed for inflation in 2019 and beyond.
Since I’m not in
there bargaining these issues, I must say is that in order for the company to
reduce the unions medical plan again, they would also have to reduce their own plan
since we currently have the same plan coverage, post ratification.
2 comments:
And HB our health care plan is now taxable INCOME THANK YOU LIBERALS....
Hb if you were president would you let members know what we are paying to True ballot.
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