Enforce maintenance of compensation
Years 1–4 (requirement lasts 3 years after each worker's wave) · DOL Wage & Hour Division; employers; unionsDiscuss this step
Employers that paid health premiums must convert their savings into wages or other compensation. In steady state employers paid $1.05T in premiums (private, federal, state & local) and owe $873.4B in the new tax; 85% of the difference is assumed to reach paychecks.
Legal vehicle
Universal Health Act, Title VIII; DOL enforcement; collective bargaining law (NLRA).
Who does it
DOL Wage & Hour Division; employers; unions
When
Years 1–4 (requirement lasts 3 years after each worker's wave)
In this step
Tasks
5 tasks
Costs & calculations
1 cost items, each with its calculation
Trade-offs
2 pros · 2 cons · 1 trade-offs
Risks
1 risks with mitigations
What changes in the system
1 existing laws, programs, or institutions changed
Other countries
3 comparisons
Cost items
Depends on
Steps that depend on this one