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Support for repeal efforts

Posted On: Jan. 2, 2011 12:00 AM CST

Employer opposition to health care reform law provisions varies*

Provision % backing repeal

Ban on flexible spending account reimbursement of over-the-counter drugs not prescribed by a doctor 72%

Reporting health insurance cost on W-2 statements 69%

Capping FSA contributions at $2,500 a year 64%

Imposing excise tax on costliest health care plans 61%

Requiring employers to offer health insurance vouchers 53%

Financially penalizing employers not offering coverage 50%

Financially penalizing individuals not enrolled in a plan 50%

Covering employees' adult children to age 26 43%

Defining minimum essential benefits 34%

Removing preventive service copayments 32%

Establishing state health insurance exchanges 31%

Banning annual, lifetime dollar limits for essential services 27%

*The remaining percentage of respondents for each provision support retention or modification of the provision. Source: “Employer Reaction to Health Reform After the November 2010 Elections”