Well, good afternoon, everybody. I want to welcome you all today. I am peter russo, i am the director of Congressional Affairs at the Cato Institute and i want to thank you all for coming. You were at a capitol Hill Briefing entitled major tax reform in 2017. Before we begin, if youre watching via cspan or the live stream and would like to join the conversation, wed love to hear from you, so please tweet comments and questions to us and our panel at catoevents. Catoevents. This spring the Mercatus Center released this, if youd like additional copies, please contact me after the program, ill be happy to hook you guys up. Mean while, fully searchable pdfs are available at cato. Org. There is a chapter in here on federal tax reform and the tax treatment of health care and as well as the importance of preserving global tax competition. With that i want to introduce catos Chris Edwards, director of tax policy studies and editor of www. Governmentdownsizing. Org, before joining cato, senior
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Potential changes to employer insurance. H explain what the erisa industry is about. Guest its an association that represent about 100 of the very largest businesses. Least 10,000 u. S. Employees. Those businesses offer comprehensive Health Retirement their employees. We represent them. Employees are there . An 178 millionabout americans who get health job. Ance through a host how much are there Companies Paying for the premiums these days . Whats the average . Guest i think its important to average the company pays about 80 of the cost from premiums as well as the overall healthcare cost for the employee. The embrees are pay the employees are paying 25 of the premium. About onely cost is quarter. Host take us to large employers. Affected byen Affordable Care act . Give us the history . True they were some effects from large employers on Affordable Care act. Thinkly rule changes, the requirement to have independent up to age of 26 on your plan. The most part, the Affordable Care act wa
At the table is james gelton, Senior Vice President for policy. An operation under the ee rrisa industry. Explain what the Erisa Industry Committee is all about . Eric for sure is an association that represents about 100 of the very largest businesses, each with at least 10,000 u. S. Employees. Those businesses offer comprehensive and Health Retirement benefits to their employees. We represent them on benefits issues. Lets get systems numbers. How Many Employers offer Health Insurance. There are 178 million americans who get Health Insurance through a job. And thats a significant number of folks. How much are their Companies Paying for the premium these days . Whats the average . Well, so, i think its important to note that on average the company pays about 80 of the cost of premium and as well as the Overall Health care costs. So the employees are paying usually 25 of the premiums. That monthly cost that an employee pays, thats only 1 4 of the cost. Take us to large employers and how
At the table is james gelton, Senior Vice President for policy. An operation under the ee rrisa industry. Explain what the Erisa Industry Committee is all about . Eric for sure is an association that represents about 100 of the very largest businesses, each with at least 10,000 u. S. Employees. Those businesses offer comprehensive and Health Retirement benefits to their employees. We represent them on benefits issues. Lets get systems numbers. How Many Employers offer Health Insurance. There are 178 million americans who get Health Insurance through a job. And thats a significant number of folks. How much are their Companies Paying for the premium these days . Whats the average . Well, so, i think its important to note that on average the company pays about 80 of the cost of premium and as well as the Overall Health care costs. So the employees are paying usually 25 of the premiums. That monthly cost that an employee pays, thats only 1 4 of the cost. Take us to large employers and how