Why Are Democrats Undermining Obamacare?
They should be trying to save the so-called Cadillac tax instead of eliminating it.
What are Democrats willing to do to save it?
Photographer: Joe Raedle/Getty Images North AmericaThe House is widely expected to vote Wednesday to finally kill the so-called Cadillac tax. Whether the Senate will follow is less clear, but the overall sentiment isn’t: The excise tax on high-cost insurance plans has long enjoyed bipartisan lack of support, and the only question is whether Congress will repeal it outright or just continue to delay its implementation.
This is a shame. Without the Cadillac tax, health insurance is more expensive — and the individual market less robust — than it otherwise would be. And while it’s easy to explain Republican opposition to the tax as part of their general disdain for Obamacare, it’s hard to understand why Democrats would help undermine their last president’s signature achievement.