A coalition of dental and vision organizations, along with other groups in the benefits industry, called on Congress this week to substantially modify the proposed excise tax on health benefits--a provision, which the groups say would compel employers to eliminate or reduce coverage in order to dodge the tax.
Groups---including the American Dental Association, American Benefits Council and Communications Workers of America--say the excise tax strays from Congress' goal to bolster primary and prevention-oriented care.
"[It's] the opposite of health care reform," said American Dental Association President Ron Tankersley, DDS, in a released statement. "It would compel many employers to drop critical dental and other coverage to avoid the tax. It dismantles exactly the type of preventive, primary care that everyone agrees this country needs more of."
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