EBRI POLICY FORUM #90

The Path Forward

Day Three

Moderated by:

Lori Lucas, President and CEO, Employee Benefit Research Institute

 Liz Varley, Vice President - Federal Government Affairs, Ameriprise Financial, and Vice Chair of the EBRI Public Policy Advisory Council

May 13, 2021 

2-3:15 p.m. EDT

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Webinar ID: 894 4691 6152

Tearing Down the ACA Firewall: Implications for Employment-Based Health Benefits Under the Biden Health Care Plan

The Affordable Care Act includes provisions maintaining the employment-based health benefits system, including the prohibition against workers being eligible for exchange-based subsidies when offered affordable coverage through employment. But the proposed Biden Health Care Plan may have implications for the strong link between employment and health coverage. The plan would effectively eliminate the firewall between ESI and ACA exchanges by increasing premium subsidies, expanding subsidy eligibility and by introducing a public option health plan. This panel will examine the potential impact that eliminating the firewall may have on the employment-based health benefits system.

Panel Discussion:

Paul Fronstin, Director of the Health Research and Education Program, EBRI

Holly Wade, Executive Director, NFIB Research Center

Neil Goldfarb, President and CEO, Greater Philadelphia Business Coalition on Health

Shaun O'Brien, Assistant Director for Research and Collective Bargaining Services, AFSCME

Tami Simon, Senior Vice President, Global Corporate Consulting Business Leader, Segal, Moderator