Lawmakers Introduce Bill Preempting ACA Union Plan Exemption

Senators John Thune (R-SD), Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Orrin Hatch (R- UT) introduced a bill (S. 1724) yesterday that would prevent the administration from exempting multi-employer health plans from a $63 reinsurance fee the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will impose on each enrollee in self-funded and fully-insured health plans beginning in 2014 through 2016. Unions – whose members typically rely on multi-employer health insurance plans – have been vocal in their criticism of provisions of the ACA.