Employers Not Assuaged By Lack Of ESI Exclusion Cap In ACA Repeal Plan

Employers who had braced for a cap on the unlimited tax exclusion as part of the GOP repeal and replace plan expressed no relief that the policy did not appear in the House leadership's policy paper presented at a closed-door congressional meeting Thursday (Feb. 16), especially as lawmakers told reporters the policy had been under discussion. Nearly every other GOP replacement proposal -- including House Speaker Paul Ryan’s “Better Way” plan, HHS Secretary Tom Price’s earlier Empowering Patients First legislation...