As Nate reported earlier this week, the ObamaTax Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) fees taxes are due this month.
Despite the conventional wisdom (and official line) that carriers pay the fee for fully insured plans, we know that's not the case. They simply pass them along to their customers (policyholders). Self-insured plans already understand this, because the employer (plan sponsor) has to pay the fee directly.
For plan years ending last October through this September, the fee is $1 per covered life; for plan years ending this coming October through September of '14, they take a modest 100% increase (to $2). After that, the sky's the limit (technically, they'll increase as a function of medical inflation, but we'll stand by our characterization).
Yippee!
[Hat Tip: Cornerstone]
Despite the conventional wisdom (and official line) that carriers pay the fee for fully insured plans, we know that's not the case. They simply pass them along to their customers (policyholders). Self-insured plans already understand this, because the employer (plan sponsor) has to pay the fee directly.
For plan years ending last October through this September, the fee is $1 per covered life; for plan years ending this coming October through September of '14, they take a modest 100% increase (to $2). After that, the sky's the limit (technically, they'll increase as a function of medical inflation, but we'll stand by our characterization).
Yippee!
[Hat Tip: Cornerstone]
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