Of all the things employers have to worry about since the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act—and there are quite a few — it’s understandably the Cadillac tax on high-cost health benefit plans that has them the most concerned, according to new survey results from Mercer.
Ambien sales may increase between now and 2018, when the 40% excise tax goes into effect, as it might be keeping more than half of survey respondents up at night. Mercer finds the Cadillac tax is “a concern” or “very significant concern” for 58% of those polled.