The U.S. Chamber of Commerce vowed recently to fight the employer mandate and other provisions in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in the year ahead. So, what are its odds?
The U.S. chamber will work to repeal what it views as onerous health care taxes; repeal, delay, or change the employer mandate; and give companies and their employees more flexibility in the choice of health insurance plans.
About half of Americans with employer-based health insurance say more money is being taken out of their paychecks for health insurance than a year ago.
The tax break associated with employment-based health coverage is the largest "tax expenditure" in the U.S. budget, accounting for $1.1 trillion in foregone tax revenue between 2012-2016.