The Affordable Care Act included a provision that imposed what is essentially a sales tax on every policy sold in the United States. The tax would affect roughly 142 million Americans through higher premiums or reduced benefits.
As organizations dedicated to active social interaction and active lifestyles, clubs want to ensure their employees have access to health coverage that meets their needs. NCA supports increasing the availability of information related to the quality and cost of care in a user-friendly format for all parties involved in the health care spectrum—employers, government, insurers, consumers, and providers.
Health care tax policy should continue to promote employer-sponsored health care coverage and the employer deduction for employer-sponsored coverage should be maintained and strengthened.
Additionally, federal health policy should provide employers and employees flexibility in designing benefits such as Health Savings Accounts, Health Reimbursement Accounts, Flexible Spending Accounts to manage health-related expenses.