{"id":38175,"date":"2015-12-22T16:23:20","date_gmt":"2015-12-22T21:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smart-union.dev\/news\/obama-delays-tax-on-high-cost-group-health-plans\/"},"modified":"2015-12-22T16:23:20","modified_gmt":"2015-12-22T21:23:20","slug":"obama-delays-tax-on-high-cost-group-health-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/obama-delays-tax-on-high-cost-group-health-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama delays tax on high-cost group health plans","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-258\" style=\"margin: 4px 12px;border: 1px solid black\" alt=\"U.S. Capitol Building; Capitol Building; Washington D.C.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/congress-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/portland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Portland Business Journal<\/a> reported that President Obama has signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 into law.<\/p>\n<p>This officially delays the 40 percent excise tax on group health plans.<\/p>\n<p>Unions and other organizations that provide strong benefit packages for members were the main targets of this tax.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Read the complete article <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/portland\/blog\/health-care-inc\/2015\/12\/grand-bargain-delays-3-key-health-reform-taxes.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Portland Business Journal reported that President Obama has signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 into law. 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