By TOM MURPHY AP Business Writer Many workers will soon find that their health insurance costs more and covers less next year, and that employers have taken a sharper interest in their well-being. Experts say the impact of a health care overhaul tax that doesn’t start until 2018 is already being felt. Millions of employees are learning this month about changes in their employer-sponsored health coverage for 2015. Some of the adjustments are likely to stem from the looming tax, which will hit plans valued at more than $10,200 for individual coverage and $27,500 for families. Nearly half of employers with 5,000 or more workers will trigger this tax in 2018, according to the benefits firm Towers Watson. They’ll find a bill that amounts to 40 percent of the total value of coverage that exceeds those thresholds. And this is not a one-year concern. The thresholds rise over time, but they are expected to grow more slowly than health care costs. That means that more companies are expected to trigger the tax after 2018. Employers have been adjusting coverage for years to contain rising health care costs, and the looming tax is speeding up this process. “The excise tax is […]
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