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Nov. 30, 2016

If the 'Cadillac tax' falls, entire health care law could be next

Long before Donald Trump blew past rivals in the Republican Primary and then took an unexpected path to victory in the general election, the Cadillac tax seemed doomed. By Robert W. Wood

Robert W. Wood

Managing Partner
Wood LLP

333 Sacramento St
San Francisco , California 94111-3601

Phone: (415) 834-0113

Fax: (415) 789-4540

Email: wood@WoodLLP.com

Univ of Chicago Law School

Wood is a tax lawyer at Wood LLP, and often advises lawyers and litigants about tax issues.

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By Robert W. Wood

Long before Donald Trump blew past rivals in the Republican Primary and then took an unexpected path to victory in the general election, the Cadillac tax seemed doomed. It is perhaps the signature tax of the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, and absent other funding, its demise could doom the act, too. Even the Democratic Party platform calls for end to Obamacare tax. The Republicans have been saying it for years.

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