`` What that means is the tax that starts out hitting only 8 % of the insurance plans essentially amounts over the next 20 years essentially getting rid of the exclusion for employer sponsored plans , '' Gruber said . At issue is the tax breaks business get for providing private health insurance . Obama said only ' Cadillac plans ' would be affected by this tax under his law . MIT economist Jonathan Gruber said tax breaks to employers for all employees are ' terrible policy ' Eventually every health insurance plan would be affected by the law due to inflation .
At issue is the tax breaks business get for providing private health insurance . Obama said only ' Cadillac plans ' would be affected by this tax under his law . MIT economist Jonathan Gruber said tax breaks to employers for all employees are ' terrible policy ' Eventually every health insurance plan would be affected by the law due to inflation .