Eliminating the tax exclusion on employer-sponsored health insurance at the 75th percentile would raise $264 billion in new revenues from 2014 through 2023, according to a study by the Urban Institute.

Gene is a self-employed New Yorker who currently purchases his own health insurance. He also is a strong opponent of Obamacare. And starting next year, Gene plans to drop his health coverage in express protest of the health law’s mandate. Continue reading      

There’s been a lot of discussion about the challenges faced by businesses large and small in managing health care costs, especially as those costs escalate and as employers' options are increasingly limited by the strictures imposed by Obamacare. An even clearer picture of the dilemma small firms face is offered by a peek inside their internal deliberations, including the trade-offs that companies have to offer their employees in order to keep them reasonably content, as well as control costs and comply with the law. The following memo was sent to employees of Capterra, a Virginia-based firm that serves as a marketplace for business software, by Michael Ortner, the company's president. Capterra has just 23 employees, so it's subject to fewer restrictions than larger employers (especially those with more than 50 employees) but has fewer resources and less bargaining power than larger companies, too. Continue reading       

Small businesses are increasingly fretting over the costs they’ll face to comply with President Obama’s health-care overhaul, warning of dire scenarios with massive layoffs coming in order to get below thresholds in the law where employer coverage is required. Continue reading